Swan and Shadow: Yeats's Dialogue with History (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780807836859)

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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Author: Thomas Whitaker
ISBN-10: 0807836850
ISBN-13: 9780807836859
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Language: English
Published: 06/01/2012
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d