Project Gutenberg 2018-08-28 Public domain in the USA. 864 Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns) 1888 1965 Eliot, Thomas Stearns 21026286 The Sacred Wood: Essays on Poetry and Criticism Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sacred_Wood Introduction -- The perfect critic -- Imperfect critics: Swinburne as a critic. A romantic aristocrat [George Wyndham]. The local flavour. A note on the American critic. The French intelligence -- Tradition and the individual talent -- The possibility of a poetic drama -- Euripides and Professor Murray -- Rhetoric and poetic drama -- Notes on the blank verse of Christopher Marlowe -- Hamlet and his problems -- Ben Jonson -- Philip Massinger -- Swinburne as poet -- Blake -- Dante. Produced by Meredith Bach, David King, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net. (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Sacred Wood: Essays on Poetry and Criticism" by T. S. Eliot is a collection of literary essays written in the early 20th century. The work explores various aspects of poetry and criticism, reflecting Eliot's thoughts on the evolution of literary practices and the roles of the poet and critic in society. It discusses the importance of tradition, the relationship between old and new works, and the proper function of criticism within literature. The opening portion introduces Eliot’s perspective on literary criticism through a reflection on Matthew Arnold and the Romantic Generation. He critiques the overemphasis of personal sentiment in criticism and the tendency of critics to stray from the essential task of comprehending literature itself. Eliot articulates his belief that true criticism should involve a historical awareness, recognizing the influence of past works on contemporary literature. He emphasizes the necessity to engage with the entire literary tradition, arguing that a poet’s value is inherently tied to their understanding of and relationship with both contemporary and historical texts. This sets the stage for a deeper investigation into the nature of poetic expression and the critic's role in articulating and preserving the art form. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 56.0 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Literature Criticism PN Text Category: Literature - Other Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches 324845 2025-06-23T06:33:30.615186 text/html 324261 2018-08-28T16:05:22 text/html 262307 2025-06-23T06:33:36.684164 application/epub+zip 259645 2025-06-23T06:33:31.909212 application/epub+zip 183951 2025-06-23T06:33:31.329222 application/epub+zip 343327 2025-06-23T06:33:40.378153 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 321622 2025-06-23T06:33:36.103220 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 246259 2022-09-26T06:49:53.521708 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 280986 2025-06-23T06:33:30.069217 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 281153 2018-08-28T16:05:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19480 2025-06-23T06:33:40.536151 application/rdf+xml 9552 2025-06-23T06:33:31.451203 image/jpeg 1746 2025-06-23T06:33:31.390196 image/jpeg 106119 2018-08-28T16:05:22 application/octet-stream application/zip 225717 2018-08-28T16:05:22 application/octet-stream application/zip 227068 2025-06-23T06:33:30.645213 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia