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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 121: 1899.
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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.

1899.

The Irish Literary Theatre. ‘The Daily Express’ (Dublin), Jan. 14. Reprinted in part, under the title Plans and Methods, in ‘Beltaine’, May, 1899.

Mr. Moore, Mr. Archer and the Literary Theatre. (A letter, dated January 27, 1899.) ‘The Daily Chronicle,’ January 30.

The Academic Class and the Agrarian Revolution. ‘The Daily Express’ (Dublin), March 11.

The Theatre. ‘The Dome,’ April. Reprinted in ‘Beltaine,’ May, 1899. Also in Ideas of Good and Evil, 1903; and in the Collected Works, Vol. VI.

Plans and Methods. ‘Beltaine,’ May.

The Irish Literary Theatre. ‘Literature,’ May 6.

The Countess Cathleen and Cardinal Logue. (A letter.) ‘The Morning Leader,’ May 13.

[Fiona Macleod’s] The Dominion of Dreams. (A review.) ‘The Bookman,’ July.

Ireland Bewitched. ‘The Contemporary Review,’ September.

‘Dust hath closed Helen’s Eye.’ ‘The Dome,’ October. Reprinted in The Celtic Twilight, 1902. Also in the Collected Works, Vol. V.

The Literary Movement in Ireland. ‘The North American Review,’ December. Reprinted in Ideals in Ireland, 1901.