New York, NY, USA: Oxford University Press, 1973. First Edition, Advance Review Copy. Hardcover. "At the center of Harold Bloom's controversial recent works...is a strikingly original theory of poetic influence. The Anxiety of Influence sets forth this provocative theory and includes a manifesto for a radical but central change in practical literary criticism. "Poetic history," in this book's argument, "is held to be indistinguishable from poetic influence, since strong poets..... More

Pasadena, CA: California Institute of Technology, 1981. First Printings. Softcovers. Both issues signed by editor & contributor Clayton Eshleman. The first two numbers of the deep & varied literary journal subtitled "A Literary Tri-Quarterly of the Whole Art" founded, chiefly edited & with contributions by the great Clayton Eshleman (1935-2021), the award-winning American poet, editor, translator & academician who was our local friend & mentor: (1) Sulfur Vol. 1 No..... More