History was central in a variety of ways to Yeats's poetic development and to the meaning of his work. In this study, Whitaker suggests that history was for the poet a mysterious interlocutor, which Yeats saw at times as a bright reflection of himself and again as a dark force opposed to that self. The poet's internal dialogue is viewed as projection into historical symbolism.
Originally published in 1964.
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History was central in a variety of ways to Yeats's poetic development and to the meaning of his work. In this study, Whitaker suggests that history w...
