In T.S. Eliot's essay called "Tradition and Individual Talent," he argues that the progress of an artist consists of which of the following ?
Correct answer: B. "Continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality"
- A. "Continual expansion of the personality and its diverse elements"
- B. "Continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality"
- C. "Continual transformation of the personality"
- D. "Continual identification with the past"
Explanation
For Eliot, artistic maturity requires the poet to surrender private personality rather than express it more fully. This is why he describes artistic progress as continual self-sacrifice and extinction of personality.
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