The Plays of W.B. Yeats: Yeats and the Dancer (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780333604984)

This book investigates Yeats's experiments with the media of language and dance in his plays. He was allied to other artists of the 1890s in his fascination with the biblical dancer Salome and in his preoccupation with things Japanese, particularly 'Noh' Theatre with its central dance. The impact of Diaghliev's Ballets Russes also played its part in influencing Yeats's drama, and his interest in the 'dance-as-meaning' debate places him firmly not only in his time but also in our own.

Author: S. Ellis
ISBN-10: 0333604989
ISBN-13: 9780333604984
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 11/30/1994
Pages: 372
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.43lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.00d