Yeats, Coleridge and the Romantic Sage

Yeats, Coleridge and the Romantic Sage
ISBN-10
0230286496
ISBN-13
9780230286498
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
224
Language
English
Published
2000-07-05
Publisher
Springer
Author
M. Gibson

Description

This work explores an aspect of Yeats's writing largely ignored until now: namely, his wide-ranging absorption in S.T. Coleridge. 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 a resounding effect on his later poetry, and upon his rewriting of A Vision.

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