Author:
Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939.
Imprint:New York : Macmillan, 1961.
Descriptionxi, 530 p. : ports. ; 24 cm.
Note:Settings of 6 poems by Florence Farr: p. 23-27.
Note:Essays: I. Ideas of good and evil: What is "popular poetry"? -- Speaking to the psaltery -- Magic -- The happiest of the poets -- The philosophy of Shelley's poetry -- At Stratford-on-Avon -- William Blake and the imagination -- William Blake and his illustrations to the Divine Comedy -- Symbolism in painting -- The symbolism of poetry -- The theatre -- The Celtic element in literature -- The autumn of the body -- The moods -- The body of the Father Christian Rosencrux -- The Return of Ulysses -- Ireland and the arts -- The Galway plains -- Emotion of multitude -- II. The Cutting of an agate: -- Certain noble plays of Japan -- The tragic theatre -- Poetry and tradition -- Discoveries -- Preface to the first edition of The Well of the Saints -- Preface to the first edition of John M. Synge's Poems and Translations -- J.M. Synge and the Ireland of his time -- John Shawe-Taylor -- Art and ideas -- Edmund Spenser -- Later Essays and Introductions: -- Gitanjali -- Bishop Berkeley -- My friend's book -- Prometheus Unbound -- An Indian monk -- Louis Lambert -- The holy mountain -- The Mandukya Upanishad -- Parnell -- Modern poetry -- A general introduction for my work - An introduction for my plays.
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