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Whati
stheor
yofi
mpe
rson
ali
ty?,Whati
simp
e r
son
alt
heor
yofpoet
rybyT
SEli
ot
?,HowAcc
ord
ingto
El
i
otawrit
ercana
chi
evei
mpe r
sona
li
ty?
,Whati
sdeper
son
ali
zat
io
n?,n
ega
ti
vecapab
il
it
yac
cor
dingt
o
T.
SEli
ot
?”,

wewill
narr
a t
e“Theo
ryofimp
e rs
onal
itybyT.SEl
iot
”indeta
il
s.El
iotha
sp r
esent
edthed eper
sonal
i
zed
t
heoryaboutth
einhe
ri
tanceofart
.Hisma i
nfocu
sisonthetra
d i
ti
onoftheartan
dn otonthe
per
sonal
it
yo ft
heart
is
t.Hesaysthattha
tthetradi
ti
onofl
it
eraryartsh
oul
db edi
scussedabou
tthe
cr
eati
onofthatar
ti
stshou
ldr
e mai
na l
ooffr
omt h
atarti
st
icpi
ece .
Heisofthevi
ewt h
a tth
earti
stsho
ul
d
becapabl
etosurr
enderhi
msel
fb e
forethecont
inu
ati
onofthetradi
ti
on.
Hec ons
ider
sth et
radi
ti
onmore
val
uabl
ethantheexi
sten
ceofthepoetora r
ti
sthi
mself
.

T
heo
ryo
fimp
ers
ona
li
tyo
rimp
ers
ona
l,d
epe
rso
nal
i
zat
io
n,n
ega
ti
vec
apa
bil
i
tyb
yT.
SEl
i
oto
rac
cor
din
g
t
oT.
SEl
i
ot

Mo
dif
i
cat
io
nbyt
hep
ast
:-

Heconsi
der
stheval
ueofpastandt
radi
ti
onwithrefe
rencetothemoder
nworkofart
is
ts.Hesee
sthe
ar
ti
st
iccreat
i
onwithref
ere
ncetothepas
t.Tohim,thel
it
erar
ywo r
kmu s
tfol
l
owthetradi
ti
onoft
hepas
t.
Hesaysth
atther
es h
oul
dbeag l
impseo
fthepa s
tintheli
te
rarywork
.Thepr
esentworkshou
ldbe
modi
f
iedbythepast.
Heisofth
ev i
ewthatth
ep oetsho
ul
dwo rkasanobj
ect
iveart
i
st.Hemustnot
i
ncl
udepers
onalde
tai
lsi
nthework.
Hemu str
ema i
nt ot
heba c
kgro
undofth
eli
ter
arywo r
k.

T
hemin
dofth
ep o
etaswork
ingasacat
al
ystashe
lpsouts
ugges
ti
ngt
het
heo
ryo
fimp
ers
ona
li
tyo
r
i
mpe
rso
nal
,dep
erso
nal
iz
ati
on,ne
gat
iv
ecapabi
l
it
ybyT .
SEli
ot:
-

T
.SEli
o thasd evel
opeda ndint
roducedthetheoryofimpersonal
it
yo rnegativec apabi
l
ity,i
tmean sa
p
oetk eepin
ga wa yfr
omh iswo rk,
inthes e
condp ar
tofthee ssayT r
adi
tio
na ndindivi
dualt
ale
nt.He
p
resentsas cient
ifi
cex a
mp leinordertoconveyhisideaofimp e
rsonal
it
y. Heta kesthemindofth e
a
rti
sta ndthep oetasthec atal
ystagentwithrel
ati
ontothea rt
ist
icwo r
k.Hes a ysthatthemindo fth
e
p
oetislikethee l
eme n
tp l
ati
n u
ma n
dt h
ee mo t
ion
sa ndfeel
ingsoft h
ep oeta r
ec omp ar
e d.
Hec omp ar
es
t
hepe rfect
i
o nofthepo e
ticwo r
kwithrelat
iontotheimpersonal
it
yo fthepo et
.T hepersonal
i
tyoft he
p
oetsh oul
dr emai
na l
ooffromt hecreat
ivewo r
k.asinthec h
e micalre
acti
o n,theS ul
phurandcarbon
d
iox
ideu nit
et oma keSulphur
ousa ci
dan dthePlat
inu
mwo r
ksa sthec at
alysta ndrema i
nsunchang e
d.
T
hes amei stheideaimp l
iedinthepoeticproc
e s
s.Thep oe
ti
cwo r
kisc r
ea tedbyt hepo e
tandh e
h
imselfdoesn oti
n v
olveinthep r
ocessa ndremainsi
nt hebackgroundofth ewo rk.
iti
sf un
dame ntalt
o
d
epicte moti
onsa ndfeel
ingsinap oeti
cc r
eati
onbe c
a u
sethe searethee ssenceft hep o
eti
cwo rk.but
t
heemo t
ionsshoul
dn otderi
vet hein
n e
rd esi
reofthepoettor eactaccor
d i
n gl
y.Hec oul
dn o
tfeel
d
isg
us tedan ddis
c o
nsolat
ewh il
en ar
rati
nga ninc
ident.
Hec annotincor
p o
ra t
eh isownf eel
i
ngstot he
p
oeti
cc r
eati
o n.
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ra
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Re
jec
ti
ono
fro
man
ti
csu
bje
cti
vi
ty

El
io
tpresent
stheide
at h
atther
eisastoreofemoti
onsandfe
eli
ngsi
nthemindofthepoet.T
hese
fe
eli
ngsandexpres
sio
nsa r
epresen
tintheunor
ganiz
edandchaot
icfo
rm.Al
lthes
ee moti
onsand
fe
eli
ngsuni
tetomakethenewp o
eti
cwo rkandidea
.Ther
eisacol
lab
orat
io
no ft
housan
de xpr
essi
onsi
n
or
dertocreat
eas i
ngl
ep o
eti
cwo r
k.Herejec
tstheid
eathatpo
etr
yisaninsp
ira
ti
onalconcep
titi
s
abou
ttheatt
achmentandorga
niza
ti
ono fdi
sconn
ectedth
ought
sanddis
perse
df e
eli
ngs.Hedoesnot
eval
uat
ea n
dc on
side
rthema g
nit
udeofe mot
ion
sforthecr
eati
onoft
hepoeti
cwo r
k.Hec o
nsi
derst
he
magni
tudeandin
tensi
tyofpoe
ti
calworkfori
tssucc
ess.

Di
f
fer
enc
ebe
twe
ent
hep
ers
ona
lan
dth
ear
ti
st
ice
mot
io
nsa
ndf
eel
i
ngs

El
i
otisofthevie
wt hatsometi
me sthepoeti
ce x
pressi
onshaven o
thi
ngtod owitht hep er
sonall
i
feofth
e
po
et.Hema yincor
porat
es ev
eralinci
dent
sa ndeventswhic
hh ema yhaven otundergonee ver
.Hema y
ha
ven otwi
tnessedsucheventswh i
chdema ndedbyh i
spoet
icwo r
k.hewil
ltrytoi ncl
udea l
lth
ese
det
ai
lsinhi
sp oet
icworkwhichhasn osi
gnif
i
ca n
tp l
aceinhi
sreall
if
e.Inthefamo usOd ebyKe ats,
the
ni
ght
ingal
eisful
lofemoti
onsandp erson
alexperi
encesbutth
ereisnoc o
n necti
onwi ththeli
feofthe
po
et.I
tisonl
yame di
umo fpoet
icexpressi
ons.Theemoti
onsexerci
sedinthep oetrya ndthepoeti
c
wor
ksa r
emo recrude,c
omp l
exa ndrefi
ned.
Butthee xpr
essi
onsfel
tintherea l
li
fema ybesimpleand
un
iver
sal.
Thereisnon e
edtointrodu
c efi
ndi
ngsintheproces
so fpoet
iccreati
on.I
to nlyemp l
oysthe
exi
st
ingideas
.It
sma i
nf o
cusisont h
ei n
ter
pretat
ionoftheexi
sti
ngideas.Thep o
e tma yincorp
orat
e
su
chideasandfeeli
ngswh i
chheh asneverwitn
es s
edore x
pressedinhi
sr eall
if
e.

El
i
otr
eje
ctsWo
rds
wor
th’
sth
eor
yofp
oet
ry

Theor
yo fimperso n
ali
tyorimpersonal
,depe rsonal
izati
on,negat
ivec a
p abi
li
tybyT .
SEl io
to raccordi
ngto
T.
SEliotRejectstoroma nti
csubject
ivi
ty.Hei softhev iewthatpoetryisnotabo utthee motio
ns
recol
l
ectedthee mo ti
onsinthetranqui
l
it
y .Hed oesn otconsi
dertheo ri
ginofthep oe t
ryfromt r
anqui
l
it
y.
Heh a
sp resentedad if
ferenti
deaf o
rtheo ri
g i
no fthep o
e t
i
cp ro
c ess
. Hethusc omp aresthep oe
ti
cmind
toajarwh er
en u merousfeel
ing
sa ndexp r
e ssi
o n
sa refound.Thesefee l
i
ngsa nde xpressi
onsa re
col
lec
teda ndo r
g ani
zedinas ystemati
cwa yino r
d ertoini
ti
ateap oeti
cp r
oc e
ss.Hec onsi
de r
sthe
proc
esso fpoeti
cc reati
onast hepassi
veo ne .Hed i
ffer
sb et
we entheg ooda n
db a dp o
e t
so nthebasi
s
ofthei
rconsciousness.Heco n
sider
sthep oett obeg oodifheu n
c ons
c i
ousa bo
utth ec ert
ainpoeti
cwork
andtheb adpoe twil
lal
wa ysbec ons
c i
ousa bouthisp o
e t
i
cc reat
ion.I
fap oetrema insconsciouswhi
le
ma k
ingthep oet
icwo rk,hewil
linc
ludehi
sp ersonal
it
yt othewo r
k.itwil
lnotful
fi
llthed ema ndofthe
poet
icwo rk.
ifthep oems ho
wst hepersonalc oncernitwil
lnotme ettherequir
eme ntofthetheoryof
i
mp er
so na
li
ty.Hes eest h
ema turi
tyofthea rtinthef o
rmo fimpersonalart
.Ifthep ortandtheAr t
is
t
remai
ni mpersonalthewo r
kwi l
lbema t
urea nds igni
fic
a n
t.

Po
etr
yisn
otat
urn
ingl
oos
eofe
mot
io
ns
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El
io
tconcl
ude
st hedi
scuss
ionwi
thth
efamousdefi
ni
tio
nofpoetr
y.Hedoesno
tc o
nsi
derpoe
tryabo
ut
th
ed ep
ict
i
ono ff
eel
ing
sa ndexpr
ess
ion
s.Heisofth
ev i
ewthatpoet
rymusts
h o
wt h
ee s
capefr
om
poet
ryi
nordertofu
lf
il
lt
hed eman
doftheth
eoryofimper
sona
li
ty.Hesa
ysthatth
ep o
etsho
uldnot
expr
esshi
sowne moti
onsandid
easwhil
ecreat
i
n gapoet
icwork.

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