Key Facts

• Writer: T.S. Eliot (1888-1965)
• Original Title: Tradition and the Individual Talent
• Source: Published in The Egoist (a literary magazine).
• Written Time: 1919
• Published Date: 1919
• Form: Essay
• Genre: Literary Criticism
• Tone: Analytical, Philosophical
• Point of View: Third Person, Authorial
• Total Chapters: 3 Sections
• Setting: 

• Time Setting: Modernist Period of 1919.
• Place Setting: Literary context, discussing both European and English literary traditions