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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 114: 1892.
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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.

1892.

Rosa Mundi. ‘The National Observer,’ January 2. Reprinted, under the title The Rose of the World, in The Countess Cathleen, 1892. Also in Poems, 1895; and in the Collected Works, Vol. I.

The New ‘Speranza.’ (Miss Maud Gonne.) ‘United Ireland,’ January 16.

Dr. Todhunter’s Irish Poems. (Review of The Banshee.) ‘United Ireland,’ January 23.

Clovis Huges on Ireland. ‘United Ireland,’ Jan. 30.

The Peace of the Rose. ‘The National Observer,’ Feb. 13. Reprinted in The Countess Cathleen, 1892. Also, under the title The Rose of Peace, in Poems, 1895; and in the Collected Works, Vol. I.

The White Birds. ‘The National Observer,’ May 7. Reprinted in The Countess Cathleen, 1892. Also in Poems, 1895; and in the Collected Works, Vol. I.

Fergus and the Druid. ‘The National Observer,’ May 21. Reprinted in The Countess Cathleen, 1892. Also in Poems, 1895; and in the Collected Works, Vol. I.

The Death of Cuchullin. ‘United Ireland,’ June 11. Reprinted in The Countess Cathleen, 1892. Also in Poems, 1895; and in the Collected Works, Vol. I.

[Michael Field’s] Sight and Song. (A review.) ‘The Bookman,’ July.

The Irish Literary Society, London. (A letter.) ‘United Ireland,’ July 30.

Dublin Scholasticism and Trinity College. ‘United Ireland,’ July 30.

A New Poet. (Review of Fate in Arcadia by Edwin Ellis.) ‘The Bookman,’ September.

‘Noetry’ and Poetry. (Review of Savage Armstrong’s collected verse.) ‘The Bookman,’ September.

The National Literary Society Libraries Scheme. (A letter.) ‘United Ireland,’ September 24.

A Mystical Prayer to the Masters of the Elements, Michael, Gabriel and Raphael. ‘The Bookman,’ Oct. Reprinted, under the title A Mystical Prayer to the Masters of the Elements—Finvarra, Feacra, and Caolte, in The Second Book of the Rhymers’ Club, 1894.

Hopes and Fears for Irish Literature. ‘United Ireland,’ October 15.

The Rose in my Heart. ‘The National Observer,’ November 12. Reprinted in The Second Book of the Rhymers’ Club, 1894. Also, under the title Aedh tells of the Rose in his Heart, in The Wind Among the Reeds, 1899; and in the Collected Works, Vol. I.

The Devil’s Book. ‘The National Observer,’ November 26. Reprinted, under the title The Book of the Great Dhoul and Hanrahan the Red, in The Secret Rose, 1897.

[Tennyson’s] The Death of Œnone. (A review.) ‘The Bookman,’ December.

The Fiddler of Dooney. ‘The Bookman,’ December. Reprinted in The Second Book of the Rhymers’ Club, 1894. Also in The Wind Among the Reeds, 1899; and in the Collected Works, Vol. I.

The De-Anglicising of Ireland. (A letter.) ‘United Ireland,’ December 17.

The Twisting of the Rope. ‘The National Observer,’ December 24. Reprinted, under the title The Twisting of the Rope and Hanrahan the Red, in The Secret Rose, 1897.