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The Personality of the Poet (Daymakers S02Ep6)
As the Daymakers continue to discuss T. S. Eliot’s famous essay “Tradition and the Individual Talent,” they question the author’s injunction to remove all trace of personality from the writing. Is this possible? And if so, is it truly desirable? What does poetry without personality look like? Wouldn’t it be flavourless and boring? So what might Eliot be trying to get at here? Check out the video and tell us what you think of these matters.
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