Question

The essay Tradition and individual talent is written by ..................

• A. W.B. Yeats
• B. T.S Eliot
• C. Ezra Pound
• D. Robert Frost

Answer 1

Answer:

B. T.S Eliot

• The essay Tradition and individual talent was first published in the egoist.

• It was written in 1919.

• The essay was included in T.S. Eliot’s full length book of essays on poetry and criticism.

• Eliot considers tradition to be of immense significance. Tradition is not a blind adherence to the ways of the previous generations. Tradition is neither a slavish imitation nor a mere repetition of what has already been achieved. Originality and novelty are better than repetition.