Question

Which cantos of Dante's Inferno are referred to in the essay "Tradition and the Individual Talent"?

• A. Canto IX
• B. Canto X
• C. Canto XV
• D. Canto XX

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Canto XV

• In his essay "Tradition and the Individual Talent," T. S. Eliot refers to Canto XV of Dante's Inferno.

• Eliot uses this example to illustrate his idea that poets create new emotions by combining existing feelings and images.