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In one essay, this author compared a poet’s mind to platinum in a chemical reaction. (-5[1])In a review of an anthology edited by Herbert Grierson, this author claimed the title group were the last to avoid a “dissociation of sensibility.” This author deplores critics who project themselves onto characters in an essay about a work he derogatorily compares to the Mona Lisa. (-5[1])This author revived interest in poets like Abraham Cowley (“Coo-lee”) with his essay (*) “The Metaphysical Poets.” (-5[1])This author coined the phrase “objective correlative” in an essay (10[1])about a play he deemed an “artistic failure” of Shakespeare. (10[1])This author’s essay “Tradition and the (10[1])Individual Talent” (10[1])is collected in The Sacred Wood alongside “Hamlet and His Problems.” For 10 points, name this literary critic whose own poetry includes “Ash Wednesday” and The Waste Land. (10[1])■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: T.S. Eliot [or Thomas Stearns Eliot]
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