What is Nature of Eliot's theory?
Nature of Eliot's theory: Eliot is an Existentialist and a Classicist. So he gives a bold statement that in poetry the emotion of the poet is not necessarily present. He criticised Wordsworth's view that poetry has its origin in emotions recollected in tranquillity. To Eliot, poetry is not "an overflow of emotion" nor is it. "emotions recollected in tranquillity" In fact, it is an escape from personality and from emotion.
It evokes an emotion which is not personal emotion but art emotion It is, therefore, not the "expression of personality but an escape from personality." The personality of the poet is not in it. The art of poetry is completely on the poet but upon the poetry like-wise, according to Eliot, poetry is an origination of different concepts and for such organisation to take place perfect objectivity on the part of the poet is essential There is no question of the poet expressing his personal emotions. Such is the nature of the impersonality of poetry theory.
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