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In print for twenty-seven years, A Map of Misreading serves as a companion volume to Bloom's other seminal work, The Anxiety of Influence. In this finely crafted text, Bloom offers instruction in how to read a poem, using his theory that patterns of imagery in poems represent... Read Full Overview

In print since 1975, A Map of Misreading serves as a companion to Bloom's other seminal volume, The Anxiety of Influence. This finely crafted work offers instruction in how to read a poem, using Bloom's theory that patterns of imagery in poems represent both a response to and... Read Full Overview

The second volume in Harold Bloom's series of works which reveal his theory of revisionism, A Map of Misreading demonstrates his theory that patterns of imagery in poems represent both a response to and a defense against the influence of precursor poems.