Author : Phillip L. Marcus
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780815629160
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (291 download)
Book Synopsis Yeats and Artistic Power by : Phillip L. Marcus
Download or read book Yeats and Artistic Power written by Phillip L. Marcus and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2001-09-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book to consider William Butler Yeats's aesthetic of artistic power, demonstrating the centrality in his work—from his earliest essay to the great poems and plays of his last years—of the concept that art shapes life. Drawing on the Irish bardic tradition as well as such figures as Shelley, Blake, and Wilde, Yeats developed a stance that enabled him to reconcile the exacting demands of literary craftsmanship, his interest in occult thought, and his desire to advance the cause of Irish nationalism. For this edition, new material has been added, connecting the argument of the original book to recent developments in theory and adding a Jungian perspective.