Harold Bloom in The Western Canon uses the term agon to refer to the attempt by a writer to resolve an intellectual conflict between his ideas and the ideas of an influential predecessor in which "the larger swallows the smaller", such as in chapter 18, Joyce's agon with Shakespeare.
Harold Bloom na súa obra The Western Canon (O canon occidental) usa o termo agón para se referir ás ocasións en que un escritor tenta resolver un conflito intelectual entre as súas ideas e as dun predecesor influente, co resultado de que "o peixe grande come o pequeno", como no capítulo 18: "Joyce's Agon with Shakespeare".