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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 122: 1900.
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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.

1900.

The Irish Literary Theatre, 1900. ‘The Dome,’ Jan. Reprinted in ‘Beltaine,’ February, 1900. A paragraph is also reprinted, as part of the essay The Theatre, in Ideas of Good and Evil, 1903; and in the Collected Works, Vol. VI.

Plans and Methods. ‘Beltaine,’ February.

‘Maive’ and Certain Irish Beliefs. ‘Beltaine,’ Feb.

The Symbolism of Poetry. ‘The Dome,’ April. Reprinted in Ideas of Good and Evil, 1903. Also in the Collected Works, Vol. VI.

‘The Last Feast of the Fianna,’ ‘Maive,’ and ‘The Bending of the Bough’ in Dublin. ‘Beltaine,’ April.

The Way of Wisdom. ‘The Speaker,’ April 14. Reprinted, under the title The Pathway, in the Collected Works, Vol. VIII.

The Shadowy Waters. ‘The North American Review,’ May. Reprinted in book form, 1900. A new version of the play is printed in Poems, 1899-1905; and in the Collected Works, Vol. II.; and an acting version in book form, 1907, and in the Collected Works, Vol. II.

The Philosophy of Shelley’s Poetry. ‘The Dome,’ July. Reprinted in Ideas of Good and Evil, 1903. Also in the Collected Works, Vol. VI.

The Freedom of the Press in Ireland. (A letter.) ‘The Speaker,’ July 7.

Irish Fairy Beliefs. (A review of Daniel Deeny’s Peasant Lore from Gaelic Ireland.) ‘The Speaker,’ July 14.

Irish Language and Irish Literature. (A letter.) ‘The Leader,’ September 1.

Irish Witch Doctors. ‘The Fortnightly Review,’ Sept.

Introduction to a Dramatic Poem. ‘The Speaker.’ December 1. Reprinted without title in The Shadowy Waters, 1900. Also in Poems, 1899-1905; and in the Collected Works, Vol. II.