T. S. Eliot bibliography T. S. Eliot bibliography The T. S. Eliot bibliography contains a list of works by T. S. Eliot. The following is a list of books of poetry by T. S. Eliot arranged chronologically by first edition. Some of Eliot's poems were first published in booklet or pamphlet format (such as his "Ariel poems".) The following is a list of plays by T. S. Eliot arranged chronologically by first edition. The following is a list of non-fiction books by T. S. Eliot arranged chronologically by first edition. The following is a list of books of letters by T. S. Eliot arranged
T. S. Eliot [Eliot] invented, let alone how much of it is a reaction against him or indeed a consequence of misreading him. He is a very penetrating influence, perhaps not unlike the east wind." In his critical essay "Tradition and the Individual Talent", Eliot argues that art must be understood not in a vacuum, but in the context of previous pieces of art. "In a peculiar sense [an artist or poet] ... must inevitably be judged by the standards of the past." This essay was an important influence over the New Criticism by introducing the idea that the value of a work