This author of The Anxiety of Influence gives pride of place to Shakespeare in his definition of The Western Canon.
This man posited that part of the basis of the Torah was written by a woman named J. In one of this man's works, he claims that poets misread their predecessors to write original works. Another of his works attacks the "School of Resentment" and includes four appendices that list a large number of supposedly important books. This author of The Anxiety of Influence gives pride of place to Shakespeare in his definition of The Western Canon. For 10 points, name this Yale professor and literary critic.
This man posited that part of the basis of the Torah was written by a woman named J. In one of this man's works, he claims that poets misread their predecessors to write original works.
Harold Bloom