Yeats and Artistic Power

by Phillip L. Marcus

Book Overview

The first book to consider William Butler Yeats's aesthetic of artistic power, demonstrating the centrality in his work--from his earliest essay to the great poems and plays of his last years--of the concept that art shapes life. Drawing on the Irish bardic tradition as well as such figures as Shelley, Blake, and Wilde, Yeats developed a stance that enabled him to reconcile the exacting demands of literary craftsmanship, his interest in occult thought,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815629168
• ISBN13: 9780815629160
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.5"