Ken Monteith

Yeats and Theosophy (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

When H. P. Blavatsky, the controversial head of the turn of the century movement Theosophy, defined "a true Theosophist" in her book The Key to Theosophy, she could have just as easily have been describing W. B. Yeats. Blavatsky writes, "A true Theosophist must put in practice the loftiest moral ideal, must strive to realize his unity with the whole of humanity, and work ceaselessly for others." Although Yeats joined Blavatsky's group in 1887, and subsequently left to help form The Golden Dawn in 1890, Yeats's career as poet and politician were very much in line with the methods set forth by Blavatsky's doctrine. This project explores how Yeats employs this pop-culture occultism in the creation of his own national literary aesthetic. The project not only examines the influence theosophy has on the literary work Yeats produced in the late 1880's and 1890's, but also Yeats's work as literary critic and anthology editor during that time.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135915629
• Artikelnr.: 41066155

Autorenporträt

Ken Monteith

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction A "Philosophy ... Logical and Boundless": The Esoteric Life
and Thought of W.B. Yeats; Chapter One to Rest: Mastering Passionate Youth
through an Occult Pastoral; Chapter Two Yeats's Hermetic Nationalism: From
Mosada to Cathleen Ni Houlihan; Chapter Three Rewording Madness and Testing
a Philosophy: The Ellis-Yeats Works of William Blake; Chapter Four
Strategic Celticism: Folklore, Theosophy, and Identity; concl Yeats's
Biography and Blavatsky: The Poet and the Pythoness;