Bibliograph

The invention of influence, Peter Cole ; introduction by Harold Bloom

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The invention of influence, Peter Cole ; introduction by Harold Bloom

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The invention of influence

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

829988866

Responsibility statement

Peter Cole ; introduction by Harold Bloom

Summary

At the heart of the collection stands the stunning title poem, which brings us into the world of Victor Tausk, a maverick and tragic early disciple of Freud who wrote about one of his patients<U+2019> mental inventions <U+2014> an "influence machine" that controlled his thoughts. In Cole<U+2019>s symphonic poem, this machine becomes a haunting image for the ways in which tradition and the language of others shape so much of what we think and say. The shorter poems in this rich and surprising volume treat the dynamics of coupling, the curiously varied nature of perfection,the delights of the senses, the perils of poetic vocation, and more

Target audience

adult

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