To Criticize the Critic, and other writings

To Criticize the Critic is a collection of essays and lectures by Eliot, published in 1965, the year of his death. It looks back on his own habits as a critic and on writers he valued, including Poe, Kipling and Goethe, and it considers questions of literary judgment, tradition and the role of the critic. The tone is reflective and often modest, with a measured look at how his views changed over time. It offers readers a clear, late view of his thinking about literature.