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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 120: 1898.
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.

1898.

The Prisoners of the Gods. ‘The Nineteenth Century,’ January.

Mr. Lionel Johnson’s Poems. (Review of Ireland; and other poems.) ‘The Bookman,’ February.

Mr. Rhys’ Welsh Ballads. (A review.) ‘The Bookman,’ April.

The Broken Gates of Death. ‘The Fortnightly Review,’ April.

Aodh to Dectora. Three Songs. ‘The Dome,’ May. Reprinted, under the titles Aedh hears the Cry of the Sedge, Aedh Laments the Loss of Love, and Aedh thinks of those who have spoken Evil of his Beloved, in The Wind Among the Reeds, 1899. Also in the Collected Works, Vol. I.

The Celtic Element in Literature. ‘Cosmopolis,’ June. Reprinted in Ideas of Good and Evil, 1903. Also in the Collected Works, Vol. VI.

Mr. Lionel Johnson and Certain Irish Poets. ‘The Daily Express’ (Dublin), August 27. Reprinted, under the title Lionel Johnson, in A Treasury of Irish Poetry, 1900. Also in the Collected Works, Vol. VIII.

Celtic Beliefs about the Soul. (Review of The Voyage of Bran by Kuno Meyer and Alfred Nutt.) ‘The Bookman,’ September.

The Poetry of A. E. ‘The Daily Express’ (Dublin), September 3. Reprinted, under the title ‘A.E.,’ in A Treasure of Irish Poetry, 1900.

The Poems and Stories of Miss Nora Hopper. ‘The Daily Express’ (Dublin), September 24. Reprinted in part, under the title A Note on National Drama, in Literary Ideals in Ireland, 1899; and in part, under the title Nora Hopper, in A Treasury of Irish Poetry, 1900.

Song of Mongan. ‘The Dome,’ October. Reprinted, under the title Mongan thinks of his past Greatness, in The Wind Among the Reeds, 1899. Also in the Collected Works, Vol. I.

Rosa Alchemica. (French Translation.) ‘Le Mercure de France,’ October.

John Eglinton and Spiritual Art. ‘The Daily Express’ (Dublin), October, 29. Reprinted in Literary Ideals in Ireland, 1899.

A Symbolic Artist and the Coming of Symbolic Art. ‘The Dome,’ December.

Aodh Pleads with the Elemental Powers. ‘The Dome,’ December. Reprinted in The Wind Among the Reeds, 1899. Also in the Collected Works, Vol. I.

Bressel the Fisherman. ‘The Cornish Magazine,’ Dec. Reprinted in The Wind Among the Reeds, 1899. Also in the Collected Works, Vol. I.

The Autumn of the Flesh. ‘The Daily Express’ (Dublin), December 3. Reprinted in Literary Ideals in Ireland, 1899. Also under the title The Autumn of the Body in Ideas of Good and Evil, 1903; and in the Collected Works, Vol. VI.