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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 65: 1892.
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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.

1892.

The | Countess Kathleen | and various Legends and Lyrics. | By | W. B. Yeats. | “He who tastes a crust of bread | tastes all the stars and all | the heavens.” | Paracelsus ab Hohenheim | Cameo Series | T. Fisher Unwin Paternoster Sq. | London E.C. MDCCCXCII.

12mo, pp. 144. Paper boards with vellum back. Published in the Cameo Series. Frontispiece by J. T. Nettleship.

CONTENTS.

Preface.

The Countess Cathleen.

To the Rose upon the Rood of Time.

Fergus and the Druid. Originally appeared in The National Observer, May 21, 1891.

The Rose of the World. Originally appeared, under the title Rosa Mundi, in The National Observer, January 2, 1892.

The Peace of the Rose. Originally appeared in The National Observer, February 13, 1892.

The Death of Cuchullin. Originally appeared in United Ireland, June 11, 1892.

The White Birds. Originally appeared in The National Observer, May 7, 1892.

Father Gilligan. Originally appeared, under the title Father Gilligan. (A Legend told by the People of Castleisland, Kerry.), in The Scots Observer, July 5, 1890.

Father O’Hart. Appeared, under the title The Priest of Coloony in Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry, 1888.

When You are Old.

The Sorrow of Love.

The Ballad of the Old Foxhunter. Originally appeared in East and West, November, 1889.

A Fairy Song. Originally appeared in The National Observer, September 12, 1891.

The Pity of Love.

The Lake Isle of Innisfree. Originally appeared in The National Observer, December 13, 1890.

A Cradle Song. Originally appeared in The Scots Observer, April 19, 1890.

The Man who Dreamed of Fairy Land. Originally appeared, under the title A Man who dreamed of Fairyland, in The National Observer, February 7, 1891.

Dedication of Irish Tales. Originally appeared in Representative Irish Tales, 1890.

The Lamentation of the Old Pensioner. Originally appeared in The Scots Observer, November 15, 1890.

When You are Sad.

The Two Trees.

They went forth to the Battle, but they always Fell.

An Epitaph. Originally appeared in The National Observer, December 12, 1891.

Apologia Addressed to Ireland in the Coming Days.

Notes.