The collection includes some of Eliot’s most famous essays, such as The Metaphysical Poets, in which he explores the work of poets like John Donne and argues for the revival of intellectual and emotional complexity in modern poetry. Eliot also discusses his concept of objective correlative, a critical theory that suggests that emotions in poetry should be conveyed through a set of objects, situations, or events, rather than through direct expression of feeling. This essay, along with other...