Comments on: Posner’s Anxiety, Cardozo’s Influence

By: Uncommon Priors » Mini-reviews: Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society, Infernal Machines; Star Trek; Nightlife at California Academy of Sciences, then a roundup. Really an omnibus kind of a thing.

Wed, 13 May 2009 07:16:27 +0000

[...] Posner:Cardozo::Wordsworth:Milton? Given my opinions on both Wordsworth and Posner (hint: read Byron’s intro to Don Juan), I [...]

By: Lawrence Cunningham

Lawrence Cunningham — Thu, 07 May 2009 20:41:08 +0000

Thanks to all three for the kind words and good comments. Re Christa: Nice question and the answer is somewhat complex. In short, though, it was always in the back of mind to bring Bloom into the picture But at the end, after the entire draft was written, with analysis unaffected by the prospect. When done, I went back to Bloom and did the thinking, and it actually fit.

By: Paul Gowder

Paul Gowder — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:10:37 +0000

Cue comparisons to academia, especially academics’ relationships to their advisers.

By: Christa

Christa — Wed, 06 May 2009 12:43:35 +0000

How fun!
I’m curious about methods, unless they are secret: did you read Bloom’s The Anxiety of Influence and then think of the comparisons to Posner and Cardozo, did you find the comparisons first and then search for the right container, or did you remember Bloom’s The Anxiety of Influence from reading it some time previously so that you could access it in your mind as you were writing your article?

By: Vladimir

Vladimir — Tue, 05 May 2009 23:16:14 +0000

Lawrence,

This project brought a big smile to my face. It sounds wonderful and exciting. If you haven’t already, check out Walter Jackson Bate’s “The Burden of the Past and the English Poet” (1970), a book published shortly before Bloom’s, which makes similar points, perhaps more elegantly and certainly less grandly. It’s a short book, and a treasure.