A central focus of this study is Yeats's perennial pursuit of sacral power which he saw as being vested in traditional institutions. It examines how at various stages of his life he sought to acquire such power for himself in such "institutions" as a magical order, a nation, a theatre, the community of the dead, and, climactically, an occult marriage. The concluding stages of the book assess Yeats's final years as a crisis of that faith in institutions, which had hitherto sustained him in all he attempted. At the last only the institution of the verse itself retained its efficacy in the end.
This study allows us to gain a much deeper appreciation of the poet's engagement with occult knowledge and power and with spiritualist illumination. It explores this problematic aspect of the poet's career as bearing on key elements in the experience of modernity: the roles of science and religion, the emancipation of women and the artistic representation of the body.
In this book allYeats's major works as poet and dramatist are considered in the contexts in which they came to be written and published.
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A central focus of this study is Yeats's perennial pursuit of sacral power which he saw as being vested in traditional institutions. It examines how at various stages of his life he sought to acquire such power for himself in such "institutions" as a magical order, a nation, a theatre, the community of the dead, and, climactically, an occult marriage. The concluding stages of the book assess Yeats's final years as a crisis of that faith in institutions, which had hitherto sustained him in all he attempted. At the last only the institution of the verse itself retained its efficacy in the end.
This study allows us to gain a much deeper appreciation of the poet's engagement with occult knowledge and power and with spiritualist illumination. It explores this problematic aspect of the poet's career as bearing on key elements in the experience of modernity: the roles of science and religion, the emancipation of women and the artistic representation of the body.
In this book allYeats's major works as poet and dramatist are considered in the contexts in which they came to be written and published.
Imprint | Blackwell Publishers |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Release date | April 2001 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | April 2001 |
Authors | T Brown |
Dimensions | 229 x 153 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback |
Pages | 410 |
Edition | New Ed |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-631-22851-6 |
Barcode | 9780631228516 |
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LSN | 0-631-22851-9 |