The Cambridge Introduction to W.B. Yeats

Abstract

This introduction to one of the twentieth century's most important writers examines Yeats's poems, plays and stories in relation to biographical, literary, and historical contexts. Yeats wrote with passion and eloquence about personal disappointments, his obsession with Ireland, and the modern era's loss of faith in traditional beliefs about art, religion, empire, social class, gender and sex. His works uniquely reflect the gradual transition from Victorian aestheticism to the modernism of Pound, Eliot and Joyce. This is the first introductory study to consider his work in all genres in light of the latest biographies, new editions of his letters and manuscripts, and recent accounts by feminist and postcolonial critics. While using this introduction, students will have instant access to the world of current Yeats scholarship as well as being provided with the essential facts about his life and literary career and suggestions for further reading.

La poesía como transterritorio: Trayectos teórico-críticos

“…Esta recreación del país perdido, el cual lleva en cierta medida siempre el símbolo del paraíso perdido, señala Kathleen Raine en el ensayo "Ben Bulben Sets the Scene" en Yeats the Initiate (1990), obedezca quizás al sentido del exilio, que es el más fuerte de los impulsos poéticos (p. 50). Pero porque el paisaje que Yeats evoca es distintivamente irlandés, Innisfree excede una mera recuperación de ese paraíso y, como sugiere Holdeman (2006), propone un desafío político y cultural de corte nacionalista ante los prevalentes estereotipos británicos que consideraban a Irlanda una tierra primitiva (p. Kiberd (2009) Yeats creía en un sentido de lugar, en una mitología, que ligara la gente, entendida en tanto el pueblo, a la roca y a la colina (párr. 11).…”

تحليل القصائد من منظور سيميائي: قصيدة ييتس "الابحار الى بيزنطة" كمثال

“…His father's family came from English descent and lived in Ireland for a long period. His mother's family came from a wealthy merchant origin; she was of the Pollex fen family of County Sligo (Holdeman, 2006 According to Smith (1990) (Ulanov, 1961;Snodgrass, 2015).…”

“…Because of their encouragement, Yeats's poetry was published and the start of his success began with "The Wanderings of Oisin" in 1889. The Countess, Yeats's first play was then published in 1892 (Holdeman, 2006 examples that show his skilful choice of poetic and evocative images (Spanos, 1962;Holdeman, 2006 Since the poem is full of poetic images and evocative language, semiotics is crucial as a theoretical and analytical framework for this study.…”