TAILIEUCHUNG - Lecture Literary criticism - Lecture 31: Dissociation of sensiblity

Eliot’s concept of the “unification of sensibility” is standing for his preference for the metaphysical poets. And”dissociation of sensibility” for his antipathy for Milton’s poetry and the poetry of the Victorians. Yet it is not enough to dismiss these concepts, for they bear a direct relationship with Eliot’s concept of poetry. These two phrases occur in his essay on metaphysical poets in whose poetry there existed a unification of sensibility and after them a dissociation of sensibility sets in. | DISSOCIATION OF SENSIBLITY Eliot’s concept of the “unification of sensibility” is standing for his preference for the metaphysical poets. And”dissociation of sensibility” for his antipathy for Milton’s poetry and the poetry of the Victorians. Yet it is not enough to dismiss these concepts, for they bear a direct relationship with Eliot’s concept of poetry. These two phrases occur in his essay on metaphysical poets in whose poetry there existed a unification of sensibility and after them a dissociation of sensibility sets in. The word “sensibility”, which is the key word in the essay. It occurs several time in the essay. It is not exactly defined as such by Eliot; perhaps he feltthe meaning came out clearly from its usein the different context. One can indeed form a fairly clear idea about its significance and gather that it is not merely feeling nor is it merely is not some kind of sensation which excludes thoughts, as Bateson seems to suggest Sensibility is

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