Essays and introductions / W.B. Yeats.

Author/creator Yeats, W. B.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Macmillan, 1961.
Descriptionxi, 530 pages : portraits ; 24 cm
Subjects
Literature--History and criticism.
Literature.
Ireland--Intellectual life.

Contents 1. Ideas of good and evil: What is 'popular poetry'? -- Speaking to the psaltery -- Magic -- The happiest of the poets -- The philosophy of Shelley's poetry -- At Stratford-on-Avon -- William Blake and the imagination -- William Blake and his illustrations to the Divine comedy -- Symbolism in painting -- The symbolism of poetry -- The theatre -- The Celtic element in literature -- The autumn of the body -- The moods -- The body of the Father Christian Rosencrux -- The return of Ulysses -- Ireland and the arts -- The Galway plains -- Emotion of multitude -- 2. The cutting of an agate: Certain noble plays of Japan -- The tragic theatre -- Poetry and tradition -- Discoveries -- Preface to the first edition of The well of the saints -- Preface to the first edition of John M. Synge's Poems and translations -- J.M. Synge and the Ireland of his time -- John Shawe-Taylor -- Art and ideas -- Edmund Spenser -- [3.] later essays and introduction: Gitanjali -- Bishop Berkeley -- My friend's book -- Prometheus unbound -- An Indian monk -- Louis Lambert -- The holy mountain -- The Mandukya Upanishad -- Parnell -- Modern poetry -- A general introduction for my work -- An introduction for my plays.
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General noteSettings of 6 poems by Florence Farr: p. 23-27.
Acquisitions source Joyner Schlobin copy Gift of Roger Schlobin, 2004
LCCN 61008106

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