Who is T.S. Eliot from Literary Theory: An Introduction and what is their importance?

T.S. Eliot was an American literary theorist and author. He immigrated to England where he influenced literary theory significantly before returning to America. Eliot played a large role in the establishment of New American Criticism, and he held many unique views. He proposed a radical re-evaluation of the history of English literature, based upon his belief that it had been tainted by individualist philosophical systems such as Protestantism and liberalism. All true literature, Eliot believed, belonged to a mysterious force he referred to as "Tradition", and it was through the contemplation and study of this Tradition in literature that mankind could be restored to the golden days of the past. His message which was welcomed by many during the turbulent twentieth century.