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 15
... possessed some- thing powerful , one must then ask , powerful in what sense ? What can he do with his idea ? The answer to this must be ' Nothing at all . He simply enjoys the wonder of possession ' . The moment the student can assent ...
... possessed some- thing powerful , one must then ask , powerful in what sense ? What can he do with his idea ? The answer to this must be ' Nothing at all . He simply enjoys the wonder of possession ' . The moment the student can assent ...
Page 83
... possessions what we spin out of our guts and deride the bee that has nothing but its hum and its wings , its wax and ... possession of your own but a pair of wings and a drone - pipe ? .. Whereas I am a domestick animal , furnished with ...
... possessions what we spin out of our guts and deride the bee that has nothing but its hum and its wings , its wax and ... possession of your own but a pair of wings and a drone - pipe ? .. Whereas I am a domestick animal , furnished with ...
Page 158
... possession of one's mother . To put it another way , parricide , like the crucifixion of Christ , is self ... possessed one's mother or never really did so , the attempt to resurrect him becomes ludicrous . It seems a quite convincing ...
... possession of one's mother . To put it another way , parricide , like the crucifixion of Christ , is self ... possessed one's mother or never really did so , the attempt to resurrect him becomes ludicrous . It seems a quite convincing ...
Contents
Introduction | 9 |
The CourtierMage | 35 |
Apocalyptic Poems | 57 |
Copyright | |
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