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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 128: 1906.
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.

1906.

Against Witchcraft. ‘The Shanachie,’ Spring. Reprinted in On Baile’s Strand, in Poems, 1899-1905. Also in the Collected Works, Vol. II.

The Praise of Deirdre. ‘The Shanachie,’ Spring. See Queen Edaine, above. (1905.)

My Thoughts and My Second Thoughts. I.-X. ‘The Gentleman’s Magazine,’ September and October. Reprinted in Discoveries, 1907. Also in the Collected Works, Vol. VIII.

Literature and the Living Voice. ‘The Contemporary Review,’ October. Reprinted in ‘Samhain,’ 1906. Also in The Irish Dramatic Movement, Collected Works, Vol. IV.

The Season’s Work. ‘The Arrow,’ October 20. Reprinted, in part, in The Irish Dramatic Movement, Collected Works, Vol. IV.

A Note on ‘The Mineral Workers,’ and other Notes. ‘The Arrow,’ October 20.

My Thoughts and My Second Thoughts. XI.-XVII. ‘The Gentleman’s Magazine,’ November. Reprinted in Discoveries, 1907. Also in the Collected Works, Vol. VIII.

Notes.

Notes on ‘Deirdre’ and ‘The Shadowy Waters.’ ‘The Arrow,’ November 24.

Notes. ‘Samhain,’ December.