Notes towards the definition of culture critical treatise by ts eliot that originally appeared as a series of articles in new england weekly in 1943 it was published in book form in 1948 in the notes eliot presents culture as an organic shared system of beliefs that cannot be planned or artificially induced. Notes towards the definition of culture 1948 eliot himself gives an uncustomarily detailed account of the publication of notes towards the definition of culture in his brief preface to the booklength edition first published in november 1948. T s eliots best known work of social criticism which began with a series of articles entitled notes toward a definition of culture in the new english weekly in 1943 from notes towards the definition of culture in the oxford companion to twentieth century literature in english . Notes towards the definition of culture by eliot ts publication date 1962 topics world civilization world history history sources dli top up collection digitallibraryindia jaigyan from the collection of the esteemed archaeological survey of india as maintained at the indira gandhi national centre for the arts place of publication of this book london addeddate 2020 11 05 010639