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The Collected Works in Verse and Prose of William Butler Yeats, Vol. 8 (of 8) / Discoveries. Edmund Spenser. Poetry and Tradition; and Other Essays. Bibliography cover

The Collected Works in Verse and Prose of William Butler Yeats, Vol. 8 (of 8) / Discoveries. Edmund Spenser. Poetry and Tradition; and Other Essays. Bibliography

Chapter 112: 1890.
By W. B. Yeats
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A compact collection of essays blending literary criticism, theatrical memoir, and cultural reflection. The author examines poetic tradition and symbolism, offers close readings of earlier poets such as Edmund Spenser, critiques contemporary drama and playwrights including Lady Gregory and J. M. Synge, and reflects on the artist’s social role as prophet, priest, and king. Short pieces probe saints, asceticism, the religious foundations of symbolic art, and the bodily energies that give drama its force. Personal anecdotes about performances, convents, and provincial audiences illuminate broader arguments about reconnecting imaginative life with ordinary people, and the volume closes with brief critical notes and a bibliography.

1890.

Bardic Ireland. ‘The Scots Observer,’ January 4.

Street Dancers. ‘The Leisure Hour,’ March. This poem appeared in The Wanderings of Oisin, 1889.

Tales from the Twilight. ‘The Scots Observer,’ March 1.

A Cradle Song. ‘The Scots Observer,’ April 19. Reprinted in The Countess Cathleen, 1892. Also in Poems, 1895; and in the Collected Works, Vol. I.

Father Gilligan. (A Legend told by the People of Castleisland, Kerry.) ‘The Scots Observer,’ July 5. Reprinted in The Book of the Rhymers’ Club, 1892. Also in The Countess Cathleen, 1892; Poems, 1895; and in the Collected Works, Vol. I.

Irish Fairies. ‘The Leisure Hour,’ October. Reprinted in part, under the titles Belief and Unbelief, and The Three O’Byrnes and the Evil Faeries, in The Celtic Twilight, 1893 and 1902; and in the Collected Works, Vol. V.

Poetry and Science in Folk-Lore. (A letter.) ‘The Academy,’ October 11.

The Old Pensioner. ‘The Scots Observer,’ November 15. Reprinted in The Countess Cathleen, 1892. Also in Poems, 1895; and in the Collected Works, Vol. I.

The Lake Isle of Innisfree. ‘The National Observer,’ December 13. Reprinted in The Book of the Rhymers’ Club, 1892. Also in The Countess Cathleen, 1892; Poems, 1895; and in the Collected Works, Vol. I.