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T. S. Eliot: Criticism, the Poetry
Greenberg, Clement | December 9, 1950 issue

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The article focuses on literary critic T.S. Eliot. According to the author, Eliot is the greatest of all literary critics. Eliot's merit lies almost equally in his ability to raise the pertinent problems and in the fineness of his taste. Eliot gave himself a rule of cogency early on and has had the strength of mind to obey it without evasion. Eliot is no philosopher of aesthetics or criticism; he is both more and less than that. Eliot's critical practice demonstrates the right principles in action, and authors recognize them by their fruits rather than their definition. Like the artist, the good critic acts on more than he consciously knows.

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ELIOT, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965; CRITICISM; CRITICS; LITERATURE; SCHOLARS; PHILOSOPHY
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