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Eliot as Poet–Critic  \n• A major figure of 20th-century poetry and an influential literary critic.  \n• Shaped critical opinion through essays, reviews, and editorial work at Faber and Faber from 1925 till his death.  \n• Wrote on multiple literary traditions with special focus on:  \n• Metaphysical poets  \n• Dante  \n• Shakespeare  \n• Immense impact on literary criticism; F. R . Leavis called his influence “a very penetrating influence, perhaps not unlike the east wind.”  \nConnect with me on @ @ NET Prep with DAKSHITA Ma'am, 5:00 PM  \nUse Code “Dakshita \" for DISCOUNT.  \n@NET Prep with Dakshita Ma'am  \nKey Ideas in Eliot’s Criticism  \n• Emphasized difficulty in poetry.  \n• Valued metaphysical techniques, especially the conceit.  \n• Championed:  \n• Impersonality in poetry  \n• The influence of tradition on the poet  \n• Believed poetry should be judged by objective criteria, not personal emotion.  \nConnect with me on @ @ NET Prep with DAKSHITA Ma'am, 5:00 PM  \nUse Code “Dakshita \" for DISCOUNT.  \n@NET Prep with Dakshita Ma'am  \nMajor Critical Works of T. S. Eliot:  \n• The Sacred Wood: Essays on Poetry and Criticism – 1920  \n• Homage to John Dryden – 1924  \n• For Lancelot Andrewes – 1928  \n• The Use of Poetry and the Use of Criticism – 1933  \n• After Strange Gods – 1934  \n• Notes Towards the Definition of Culture – 1949  \n• On Poetry and Poets – 1957  \nConnect with me on @ @ NET Prep with DAKSHITA Ma'am, 5:00 PM  \nConnect me on @  \nUse Code “Dakshita \" for DISCOUNT.  \n@NET Prep with Dakshita Ma'am  \nEliot’s View of Art and Interpretation  \n• Eliot asserts that a work of art does not invite interpretation in the usual sense.  \n• He argues that a work of art is self-contained and should not be explained psychologically or symbolically.  \n• Key claim:  \n• “Qua work of art, the work of art cannot be interpreted; there is nothing to interpret.”  \n• The critic’s task is:  \n• To criticise the work according to standards  \n• To compare it with other works of art  \n• “Interpretation,” if used at all, should be limited to:  \n• Supplying relevant historical facts unfamiliar to the reader.  \n• Quote:  \n• “We can only criticise it according to standards, in comparison to other works of art.”  \nConnect with me on @ @ NET Prep with DAKSHITA Ma'am, 5:00 PM  \nUse Code “Dakshita \" for DISCOUNT.  \n@NET Prep with Dakshita Ma'am  \nHamlet as a Stratified Text  \n• Eliot agrees with J. M. Robertson that critics misunderstand Hamlet.  \n• Major oversight of critics:  \n• Failure to recognize that Hamlet is not a unified artistic creation.  \n• Eliot describes Hamlet as:  \n• “A stratification”  \n• A product of multiple dramatists working successively.  \n• Quote:  \n• “Hamlet is a stratification, that it represents the efforts ofa series of men, each making what he could out of the work of his predecessors.”  \n• Shakespeare’s version is superimposed upon older, cruder material.  \n• Quote:  \n• “We perceive his Hamlet to be superposed upon much cruder material which persists even in the final form.”  \nConnect with me on @ @ NET Prep with DAKSHITA Ma'am, 5:00 PM  \nUse Code “Dakshita \" for DISCOUNT.  \n@NET Prep with Dakshita Ma'am  \nThe Earlier Hamlet and Thomas Kyd  \n• Eliot accepts that an earlier Hamlet existed, written by Thomas Kyd.  \n• Kyd is described as:  \n• An “extraordinary dramatic (if not poetic) genius.”  \n• Evidence for Kyd’s play comes from three sources:  \n• The Spanish Tragedy  \n• Belleforest’s tale  \n• A German version performed in Shakespeare’s lifetime  \n• Characteristics of Kyd’s Hamlet:  \n• A simple revenge motive  \n• Delay caused only by practical difficulty  \n• Hamlet’s madness was feigned and effective  \n• Quote:  \n• “In the earlier play the motive was a revenge-motive simply.”  \n• “The ","cbCaih3pDtpRinsq","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaih3pDtpRinsq","pdf",1330883,32,"English","# T.S. 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