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So Beck should have won with Odelay, not with 19 years delay, Or at least for Mutations, not this self-imitation.

From Slate • Feb. 9, 2015

I was wildly afraid of self-imitation when I began the second book.

From Time Magazine Archive

It represents the high-water mark of his powers, and serves thereafter as an ideal pattern for his self-imitation.

From Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals by James, William

One of the worst fates that can befall a writer is that of self-imitation: the effort later in life, often desperate, to recapture the tones and themes of youthful beginnings.

From Winesburg, Ohio; a group of tales of Ohio small town life by Anderson, Sherwood