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Literary Agon in the Light of the Knight's Cultural Model

Skibska, Anna Maria

2019-08-14 · Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne · Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan

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Abstract

This essay - actually a scientific article included in the frame composition - is devoted to the innovative interpretation of literary agon in terms of the knight ethos on the background of Harold Bloom's "anxiety of influence", additionally enriched with references to Aeschylus' and Eurypide's "duel" in the Frogs by Aristophanes. On theoretical and methodological ground, the main research path is associated with an additional interpretation of Harold Bloom's idea of intervals.

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literary agon, knight ethos, intervals, Harold Bloom

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Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne, pp. 319-337