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 59
... things ' reminds us that sacred things ( such as the statues ) which create and inform the common places , in the end become commonplace : and when the old wild energy returns , some incendiary can be found ' to burn that stump on the ...
... things ' reminds us that sacred things ( such as the statues ) which create and inform the common places , in the end become commonplace : and when the old wild energy returns , some incendiary can be found ' to burn that stump on the ...
Page 62
... things in and through which we are grounded effect , ' all things ' , even the half - written page through which we had hoped to escape : that is to say , this poem . At this point Yeats's ' wildness ' has very nearly rendered him ...
... things in and through which we are grounded effect , ' all things ' , even the half - written page through which we had hoped to escape : that is to say , this poem . At this point Yeats's ' wildness ' has very nearly rendered him ...
Page 79
... things , they have understood and are now loath to act . They realise that no action of theirs can work any change in the eternal condition of things , and they regard the imputation as ludicrous or debasing that they should set right ...
... things , they have understood and are now loath to act . They realise that no action of theirs can work any change in the eternal condition of things , and they regard the imputation as ludicrous or debasing that they should set right ...
Contents
Introduction | 9 |
The CourtierMage | 35 |
Apocalyptic Poems | 57 |
Copyright | |
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