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Harold Bloom, The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages Quotes: Great writing is always rewriting or revisionism, and is founded on a reading that clears space for the self.
         

Great writing is always rewriting or revisionism, and is founded on a reading that clears space for the self.


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