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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Page 69
... play- ful character ; or rather , since they may require the forfeit of his corporeal existence , he may transcend ... play , a tragic play in fact , indeed the same tragic play . By means of this nihilistic perception which reduces all ...
... play- ful character ; or rather , since they may require the forfeit of his corporeal existence , he may transcend ... play , a tragic play in fact , indeed the same tragic play . By means of this nihilistic perception which reduces all ...
Page 70
... play , and take a long time to realize that since the play's a sad and repetitive thing , the best thing is to get off the stage as soon as possible : no Hamlets , full of their own selves , passionate for knowledge , but only monks ...
... play , and take a long time to realize that since the play's a sad and repetitive thing , the best thing is to get off the stage as soon as possible : no Hamlets , full of their own selves , passionate for knowledge , but only monks ...
Page 149
... played ' Under the Great Comedian's tomb ' , which like the alien murders of Emmet , Fitzgerald and Tone , ' had not ... play of mine send out certain men the English shot ? ' as a confession not of heroic guilt but of fatal frivolous ...
... played ' Under the Great Comedian's tomb ' , which like the alien murders of Emmet , Fitzgerald and Tone , ' had not ... play of mine send out certain men the English shot ? ' as a confession not of heroic guilt but of fatal frivolous ...
Contents
Introduction | 9 |
The CourtierMage | 35 |
Apocalyptic Poems | 57 |
Copyright | |
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