Out of Ireland: A Reading of Yeats' PoetryCarcanet Press, 1975 - 169 pages Studie over het werk van de Ierse dichter (1865-1939) |
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... dead - indeed , could still be found in such as Lady Gregory . By allying him- self to her , he hoped to obtain direct access to a pantheon of more recently dead heroes , and to use the nourishment from such dreams to participate in ...
... dead - indeed , could still be found in such as Lady Gregory . By allying him- self to her , he hoped to obtain direct access to a pantheon of more recently dead heroes , and to use the nourishment from such dreams to participate in ...
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... dead must stay dead , and that twentieth - century poets have no legislative powers : I think it better that in times like these A poet's mouth be silent , for in truth We have no gift to set a statesman right.14 ( ' On Being Asked for ...
... dead must stay dead , and that twentieth - century poets have no legislative powers : I think it better that in times like these A poet's mouth be silent , for in truth We have no gift to set a statesman right.14 ( ' On Being Asked for ...
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... dead , or at least deathly which raises the possibility that only dead things come to my mind , or even that bringing things to mind is somehow a deadening act . This suspicion is borne out by the next three stanzas in which he ...
... dead , or at least deathly which raises the possibility that only dead things come to my mind , or even that bringing things to mind is somehow a deadening act . This suspicion is borne out by the next three stanzas in which he ...
Contents
Introduction | 9 |
The CourtierMage | 35 |
Apocalyptic Poems | 57 |
Copyright | |
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