T.S Eliot——The Representative Figure of New Criticism Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock

摘要

This article discusses that the development of new criticism is the anti-romantic thrust of Eliot’s thinking. Famously he wrote: "Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality". The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock is a poem with a notable modern emotional coloring.The title of the poem is ironic in that the "Love Song" is in fact about the absence of love. It is interesting also for its method of presentation.Eliot’s poetry said more about the moden chaos and their volumes put together.