This work explores an aspect of Yeats's writing largely ignored until now: namely, his wide-ranging absorption with Coleridge. Matthew Gibson explores the consistent and densely woven allusions to Coleridge in Yeats's prose and poetry, often in conjunction with other Romantic figures, arguing that the earlier poet provided him with both a model of philosopher--"the sage"--and an interpretation of metaphysical ideas which were to have resounding effect on his later poetry, and upon his writing of A Vision.
This work explores an aspect of Yeats's writing largely ignored until now: namely, his wide-ranging absorption with Coleridge. Matthew Gibson explores the consistent and densely woven allusions to Coleridge in Yeats's prose and poetry, often in conjunction with other Romantic figures, arguing that the earlier poet provided him with both a model of philosopher--"the sage"--and an interpretation of metaphysical ideas which were to have resounding effect on his later poetry, and upon his writing of A Vision.
Yeats, Coleridge and the Romantic Sage
224
Yeats, Coleridge and the Romantic Sage
224
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780312230227 |
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| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Publication date: | 07/05/2000 |
| Edition description: | 2000 |
| Pages: | 224 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d) |