W.B. Yeats - Couverture souple

Larrissy, Edward

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0746308302 ISBN 13 : 9780746308301

Editeur : Liverpool University Press, 1998

Synopsis

xiii 82p card cover, index, bibliography, new

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

An up-to-date account of one of the major poets in the English language of the past two centuries, this book not only introduces the reader to contemporary themes in Yeats criticism, but also provides a unified interpretation based on Yeats s ambivalent sense of identity as a nationalist conscious of the Anglo-Irish tradition from which he claimed descent. Contemporary scholarship about W.B. Yeats (1865-1939) is increasingly clear about the implications of his being a nationalist from a Protestant background. He always felt a degree of distance from his Catholic compatriots, while at the same time believing that his own background offered him relative freedom to interpret Ireland s pre-Christian traditions and mythology. This study shows how Yeats moved from passionate identification with the idea of Ireland in his early work, through a period in which he re-emphasises his Anglo-Irish inheritance and its difference from that of Catholics, to a new sense of unity in his later work, founded on the belief that the Gaelic and the Anglo-Irish aristocracies were fundamentally alike. Effects of indecision and provisionality in the writing are intimately bound up with this ambivalent sense of identity, as are aesthetic doctrines such as that of the Mask. In line with recent scholarship, this study also treats Yeats s occult researches as important for understanding the poetry, and as possessing political significance. Other topics addressed include the concept of the nation, representations of gender, and Orientalism, as well as those questions of style and form which underlie the extraordinary esteem in which Yeats s poetry is still held by poets and readers of the twenty-first century.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

This collection of specially commissioned essays by both established and younger scholars aims to provide a fresh as well as authoritative view of the works of a poet who is not just one of the great figures of Irish literature, but of world literature. Interest in him is continually growing, seventy years after his death. These essays offer a comprehensive series of readings not only of the poems but also of the plays, and remain mindful of the daring thought and subtly innovative technique of a poet whose complex identity and changing political views cannot be summed up with easy labels. They also offer a survey of recent criticism, and reassess his Protestant background, his interest in esoteric traditions, his orientalism, his chief philosophical affiliations, his concepts of gender, and the way we should look at his life, including his relationships with women. This book will prove indispensable for anyone wishing to deepen their understanding of this extraordinary poet.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Liverpool University Press
• Date d'édition: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0746308302
• ISBN 13: 9780746308301
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128