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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 127: 1905.
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.

1905.

[J. M. Synge’s] The Shadow of the Glen. (Three letters.) ‘The United Irishman,’ January 28, February 4 and 11.

Red Hanrahan’s Vision. ‘McClure Magazine,’ March. Reprinted in Stories of Red Hanrahan, 1904. Also in the Collected Works, Vol. V.

America and the Arts. ‘The Metropolitan Magazine,’ April.

Trois Poèmes d’ Amour. Les Chevaux de l’ombre. Le Travail de la Passion. O’Sullivan Rua à Marie Lavell. (French translations by Stuart Merrill.) Vers et Prose, March—May.

Queen Edaine. ‘McClure’s Magazine,’ September. Reprinted with an additional verse in ‘The Shanachie’ [No. I., Spring, 1906.] Also in Poems, 1899-1905; Deirdre, 1907; and in the Collected Works, Vol. II.

Do not love too long. ‘The Acorn,’ October. Reprinted in the Collected Works, Vol. I.

Notes and Opinions. ‘Samhain,’ November. Reprinted in The Irish Dramatic Movement, Collected Works, Vol. IV.

Never Give All the Heart. ‘McClure’s Magazine,’ December. Reprinted in Poems, 1899-1905; and in the Collected Works, Vol. I.