T.S. Eliot’s Aesthetic Theories of Tradition and Impersonality: New Perspectives | ||
| Anbar University Journal of Languages & Literature | ||
| Article 1, Volume 6, Issue 1, June 2014, Pages 93-104 PDF (0 K) | ||
| DOI: 10.37654/aujll.2014.92398 | ||
| Author | ||
| Leila Bellour | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This paper is a daring attempt to test the verity and validity of the terms tradition and impersonality, which are central to T.S. Eliot’s artistic theories. It demonstrates that despite the fact that Eliot coins a theory of impersonality and divorces the sufferer from the poet by setting emotions at odds, he does not cling to his impersonal stance. In some essays, he proposes the personal aspect as a prerequisite for artistic creation. Eliot pays a great tribute and respect to tradition because it is a framework, which helps him develop his individual talent. Though the poet, according to Eliot, must write ‘with his dead ancestors in his bones, in order to recreate monuments of the past’, he still adheres to the romantic principle that the poet should strive for originality and individuality. So, as the paper aspires to vindicate, Eliot’s theories of impersonality and tradition are difficult to prove right. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Aesthetic THeories; tradition; Impersonality | ||
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