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
... tragic art is art because it concentrates nature . But on this occasion such considerations are not to the point , which is basically to undermine the distinctions between art and life by seeing that everyone's life is a play , a tragic ...
... tragic art is art because it concentrates nature . But on this occasion such considerations are not to the point , which is basically to undermine the distinctions between art and life by seeing that everyone's life is a play , a tragic ...
Page 137
... tragic ' creations will be un- convincing because they are in fact both narcissistic and aggressive . We have seen that spiders are both blind and perceptive , and if the tragic prophet can see , one may suspect that he is taking some ...
... tragic ' creations will be un- convincing because they are in fact both narcissistic and aggressive . We have seen that spiders are both blind and perceptive , and if the tragic prophet can see , one may suspect that he is taking some ...
Page 138
... tragic drama must be authorized by the gods if the blind poet is to celebrate the hero's downfall with reverence . But when the gods withdraw the poet stands alone , and his ' tragic ' utterance will simply be concerned with inducing ...
... tragic drama must be authorized by the gods if the blind poet is to celebrate the hero's downfall with reverence . But when the gods withdraw the poet stands alone , and his ' tragic ' utterance will simply be concerned with inducing ...
Contents
Introduction | 9 |
The CourtierMage | 35 |
Apocalyptic Poems | 57 |
Copyright | |
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