(A) Archetypal Patterns in Poetry → Maud Bodkin (III)
This work explores archetypes in literature and psychology, identifying recurring patterns in poetry based on Carl Jung's ideas.
(B) The Dynamics of Literary Response → Norman Holland (I)
Holland focuses on reader-response theory, analyzing how readers' psychological states influence their interpretation of texts.
(C) The Anxiety of Influence → Harold Bloom (II)
Bloom discusses how poets struggle with the influence of their literary predecessors, creating an "anxiety" that shapes their own creativity.
(D) A Literature of their Own → Elaine Showalter (IV)
Showalter examines women’s literature, focusing on the distinct phases of women's writing and feminist literary criticism.
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