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Volume 17:5 May 2017
ISSN 1930-2940

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T. S. Eliot as a Social Critic -
Bringing Some Order into the Modern Intellectual and Ideological Chaos with His Impact
Felt in Religious Thought, Social Thought and Art:
An Appraisal

Dr. S. Chelliah, M.A. Ph.D.
Madurai Kamaraj University


Abstract

This article examines T. S. Eliot as a universally acknowledged writer who established himself not only as a poet but also as a penetrating analytic critic. Eliot’s practical and theoretical criticism is widely admired by many critics in the English-speaking world and they use his criticism as a corrective of the eccentricity and waywardness of the contemporary impressionistic school of criticism. The paper also explores the philosophical traits reflected profoundly in Eliot’s criticism leading to a religious philosophy of life with a clearly formulated message for humankind by understanding the present-day human situation in all circles at all levels.

Keywords: T.S. Eliot, social critic, intellectual and ideological chaos, religious philosophy

T.S. Eliot

Universally acknowledged as the most notable and most important critic of the twentieth century in the English-speaking world, T.S. Eliot established himself not as a poet but also as a penetrating analytic critic both of the past and of the present, guarding the integrity of the past tradition by making it co-relate with the contemporary life. A deep study and analysis of his critical essays and writings will bring home the point that Eliot is a poet-cum-critic par excellence among the greatest literary critics of England.

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Dr. S. Chelliah, M.A. Ph.D.,
Professor, Head & Chairperson
School of English & Foreign Languages &
School of Indian Languages
Department of English & Comparative Literature
Madurai Kamaraj University
Madurai - 625 021
Tamilnadu
India aschelliah@yahoo.com
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