What according to T. S. Eliot‚ is ‘dissociation of sensibility’? What is his charge against Milton and Dryden in the essay on ‘The Metaphysical Poets’? Eliot’s theory of the ‘dissociation of sensibility’ may be said to be an attempt to find some kind of historical explanation to the dissolution of the tradition of unified sensibility which found its perfection in the writings of Dante and Shakespeare. The unified sensibility was a sensibility which was the product of a true synthesis of the individual
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In what ways is Eliot’s ‘The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock’‚ an example of modernist writing? Discuss this in relationship to form as well as content. Although TS Eliot’s The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock contains many of the stylistic conventions that are now associated with modernist poetry‚ TS Eliot’s position on the established art forms and religious hierarchy that many writers of his generation rejected‚ and how this influenced Eliot’s composition of Prufrock‚ is highly debatable. In Modernism:
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information?" T.S. Eliot (T.S. Eliot Quotes.) TS Eliot was not only a poet‚ but a poet that wanted to change his world. He was writing in the hopes that it would give his society a reality check that would encourage them to change themselves and make their lives more worthwhile. Through his themes of alienation‚ isolation‚ and giving an example of a decaying society‚ TS Eliot wanted to change his society. Alienation is a common theme that consistently runs throughout TS Eliot’s poetry. Eliot knew how alienation
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seen as a way of advancing to the next stage and improving the cultural values of the past. However‚ for T.S. Eliot‚ modernity had ruptured its connection to a more vital past and was as a result impoverished. History is instead characterized by regression and ruptures. In his essay‚ “Tradition and the Individual Talent‚” his idea of tradition shows retrogression instead of progression. Eliot argues that “the whole literature of Europe from Homer” (49) is an archive of works affecting authors in the
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"How has your research into TS Eliot’s life and the opinions of ONE critic enriched your understanding of an aspect of The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock?" "Let us go then‚ you and I". Throughout the poem‚ The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock‚ written by TS Eliot‚ there is a consistent use of the words ’you’ and ’I’. Not much is said about the narrator or who he is talking to and after conducting research on TS Eliot himself as well as reading opinions of critics on this topic‚ my understanding
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T.S. Eliot Thomas Stearns Eliot was born to a very remarkable New England family on September 26‚ 1888‚ in St. Louis‚ Missouri. His father‚ Henry Ware‚ was a very successful businessman and his mother‚ Charlotte Stearns Eliot‚ was a poetess. While visiting Great Britain in 1915‚ World War I started and Eliot took up a permanent residency there. In 1927‚ he became a British citizen. While living in Britain‚ Eliot met and married Vivienne Haigh -Wood and at first everything was wonderful between
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Jessica Joy T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land” Final Paper Eliot imparts to us the Grail quest’s influence on “The Waste Land” in the notes: “Not only the title‚ but the plan and a good deal of the incidental symbolism of the poem were suggested by Miss Jessie L. Weston’s book on the Grail legend: From Ritual to Romance (Macmillan). Indeed‚ so deeply am I indebted‚ Miss Weston’s book will elucidate the difficulties of the poem much better than my notes can do; and I recommend it (apart
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Preludes - TS Eliot [1888-1965] Relevant Background Thomas Stearns [TS] Eliot was born in into a wealthy family in St Louis‚ Missouri‚ America in 1888 He became a British citizen at the age of 39 in 1927. His father was president of a brick making company. His mother wrote poetry and was once a teacher and social volunteer. They were determined to educate Thomas well. TS Eliot’s awareness of how differently some people lived inspired a lot of the descriptions found in Preludes’.
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As one of the most influential poets of his time‚ John Donne set the bar high for aspiring poets in many decades to come. Donne was born in London‚ England in 1572 into a devout Roman Catholic family. Donne was born during a time when practicing religion was illegal in England‚ but his family practiced anyway and avoided attention to be able to do so. Donne’s prominence in the Church of England was likely influenced by his upbringing‚ which in return highly influenced his poetry. Depictions of British
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you have seen poets writing about feelings in an artistic and effective way. John Donne indeed uses poetry as a vehicle for expressing emotions towards a variety of subject matter‚ however particularly with reference to his lover‚ to God and to death. Donne documents his confidence in his emotions towards his lover in “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning”. Moreover ‚ post his wife’s death‚ in “Holy Sonnet X” Donne cements his assuredness of emotions toward death in verse. Conversely to Donne’s
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