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Series Introduction by Harold Bloomxiiithe great creators called “cutting contests,” from Louis Armstrong andDuke Ellington on to the emergence of Charlie Parker’s Bop or revisionistjazz.A literary theme, however authentic, would come to nothingwithout rhetorical eloquence or mastery of metaphor. But to experiencethe study of the common places of invention is an apt training inthe apprehension of aesthetic value in poetry and in prose.