T.S Eliot (Tradition and the Individual Talent 1919 and The Metaphysical Poets 1921)

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(Tradition 1919): Is the success of poetry determined by what is individual and original?
no
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(Tradition 1919): What is the 'historical sense'?
a poet writing as if he embodied all of literature's past generations
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(Tradition 1919): What should a new work do to an existing body of work?
fits in and alters it all slightly
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(Tradition 1919): 'The past should be altered by the present as much as .....'
....the present is directed by the past'
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(Tradition 1919): If a poet is a 'catalyst' what are the 'elements'?
emotions and feelings
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(Tradition 1919): What don't poets express?
personality
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(Tradition 1919): What sort of emotions should poets look to express?
existing ones in unusual ways
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(Tradition 1919): Why does Eliot disagree with Wordsworth's tranquillity theory?
a poet can use emotions he hasn't experienced and it doesn't happen consciously
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(Tradition 1919): What is poetry an escape from?
emotion and personality
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(Tradition 1919): How does the poet ensure that the 'emotion of art is impersonal'?
entire self-surrender to the work
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(Tradition 1919): Should we pay more attention to the poem or the poet?
poem
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(Metaphysical 1921): From the 16th/17th century to the 18th century there was a shift from the _____ poet to the ______ poet.
intellectual, reflective (feeling)
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(Metaphysical 1921): What do intelligent poets have?
interests
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(Metaphysical 1921): Where should the poet look for their inspiration?
whole body
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