T.S. Eliot

[Anonymous No.4550330]

Hey /lit/, I'm curious how you think T.S. Eliot would respond to the following questions:

1) What is the function of art and the artist? (Or of poetry and the poet)

2) What should a contemporary poet's relation be to the poets of previous generations?

3) How does poetry relate to politics and history?

4) How might you briefly describe what an ideal poem would be like?

5) What would the ideal poem not be like?

[Anonymous No.4550346]

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HE WOULD PRAISE JAMES JOYCE, AND PRAY TO YHWH.

[Anonymous No.4550354]

he'd say that you are a faggot and that he fucked your mom

[Anonymous No.4550355]

>>4550330
I think you'll find the answers to these questions in the assigned reading, which I expect is the essay on tradition and talent, yeah?

[Anonymous No.4550366]

>1) What is the function of art and the artist? (Or of poetry and the poet)

to mirror nature, to record and to exemplify the human culture of the artist's time period

>2) What should a contemporary poet's relation be to the poets of previous generations?

take into account their innovations and the resonances of their language and expand upon them

>3) How does poetry relate to politics and history?

as a commentary, as polemic or satire or propaganda, etc.

>4) How might you briefly describe what an ideal poem would be like?

Divina Commedia.

>5) What would the ideal poem not be like?

Paradise Lost.

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Eliot was wrong though. The idea that art is a reflection of nature/culture and that it's your job as an artist to continue upon the same trajectory as your predecessors leads to the absolute decay that is postmodern art.

Art is really about giving praise to God, see: The Psalms.

>>4550352

REI, you are a disturbing individual. I have seen videos of your on youtube and they are extremely neurotic and aree suggestive of paedophilia.

[Anonymous No.4550374]

>>4550352
Lovecraft's satire of The Wasteland was the best thing he ever wrote.

http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/poetry/p228.aspx

[Anonymous No.4550396]

>>4550366
Have you got any sources from his writings to back up 1 and 3?

[Anonymous No.4550421]

>>4550396
Try these

http://www.bartleby.com/200/
http://www.hu.mtu.edu/~rlstrick/rsvtxt/eliot.htm
http://www.rlwclarke.net/Courses/LITS3001/2004-2005/09CEliotMetaphysicalPoets.pdf

[Anonymous No.4550448]

>>4550421
Thank you so much.

[Anonymous No.4550464]

>>4550330
>Hey /lit/, I'm curious how you think T.S. Eliot would respond to the following questions:

Transparent high school English homework, I remember this shit. "Write this as if you were the person you're studying!" Fuck off, teacher, stop trying to make us play pretend, it's lame as fuck.

[Anonymous No.4550566]

>>4550330
Lazy student pls go

[Anonymous No.4550846]

>>4550566
not lazy just hard to find certain information in the midst of T.S. Eliot's (many) criticisms

[Anonymous No.4550881]

>>4550330
>1) What is the function of art and the artist? (Or of poetry and the poet)
Be sublime and shut up.

>2) What should a contemporary poet's relation be to the poets of previous generations?
Read them, crush them, ignore them.

>3) How does poetry relate to politics and history?
Poetry can contain anything, including politics and history, with the impediment that politics and history are absolutely devoid of poetry. Thus, these topics should be presented in some oracular manner, like the gods themselves are holding the pen; or not presented at all.

4) How might you briefly describe what an ideal poem would be like?
As unquestionable and obvious as a natural phenomenon.

5) What would the ideal poem not be like?
Like an invitation to discussion, what would be each and every carefully exuded "ideal poem".

Note: I never read T.S. Eliot in my life, but if he's a man of taste, these would have been his own answers.

[Anonymous No.4550886]

>>4550881
Mentally add >greentext when needed.