Reading T.S. Eliot might be difficult, especially when he expresses himself throughout metaphors. Regarding this aspect I have investigated the metaphor he uses in the text "Tradition and the individual Talent", that is to say:
"The action which takes place when a bit of finely filiated platinum is introduced into a chamber containing oxygen and sulphur dioxide".
Here's a platinum nugget (Russian Federation)
What I have found is a presentation about this chemical process as a creative process and also a comment made by a retired writer living in Vancouver (Barry Shell).
The following link belongs to the website www.slideshare.net and it is a presentation about the analogy between the creative process and the chemical reaction of the aforementioned elements in the text:
Wish you a good reading!
Fabrizio Consiglio
Thanks, Fabrizio! While the first link seems quite interesting, the second one (the slide presentation) is a paraphrase of the essay that does not really add on any layer of understanding. I believe that in in our class discussion it became clear that Eliot uses scientific language to validate his theoretical perspective, at a time when reason was considered a 100% objective human faculty.
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