Match List I with List II:
| List I: Concept / work | List II: Critic |
|---|---|
| A. A reply to Stephen Gosson | I. Aristotle |
| B. 'Tradition and the Individual Talent' | II. Matthew Arnold |
| C. Catharsis | III. T. S. Eliot |
| D. Sweetness and light | IV. Philip Sidney |
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Correct answer: B. A-IV, B-III, C-I, D-II
Explanation
Sidney's Defence answers Gosson's Schoole of Abuse; Eliot's 'Tradition and the Individual Talent' (1919); Aristotle's catharsis (Poetics); Arnold's 'sweetness and light' (Culture and Anarchy, borrowed from Swift's Battle of the Books).
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