Yeats and theosophy
להגדלת הטקסט להקטנת הטקסט- ספר
When H. P. Blavatsky, the controversial head of the turn of the century movement Theosophy, defined ""a true Theosophist"" in her book The Key to Theosophy, she could have just as easily have been describing W. B. Yeats. Blavatsky writes, ""A true Theosophist must put in practice the loftiest moral ideal, must strive to realize his unity with the whole of humanity, and work ceaselessly for others."" Although Yeats joined Blavatsky's group in 1887, and subsequently left to help form The Golden Dawn in 1890, Yeats's career as poet and politician were very much in line with the methods set for
כותר |
Yeats and theosophy / Ken Monteith. |
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מוציא לאור |
New York : Routledge |
שנה |
2008 |
הערות |
Description based upon print version of record. Includes bibliographical references and index. English |
הערת תוכן ותקציר |
Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction A ""Philosophy . . . Logical and Boundless"": The Esoteric Life and Thought of W.B. Yeats Chapter One Setting ""A Boy's Turbulent Days"" to Rest: Mastering Passionate Youth through an Occult Pastoral Chapter Two Yeats's Hermetic Nationalism: From Mosada to Cathleen Ni Houlihan Chapter Three Rewording Madness and Testing a Philosophy: The Ellis-Yeats Works of William Blake Chapter Four Strategic Celticism: Folklore, Theosophy, and Identity Conclusion Yeats's Biography and Blavatsky: The Poet and the PythonessNotes Bibliography Index |
סדרה |
Studies in Major Literary Authors |
היקף החומר |
1 online resource (253 p.) |
שפה |
אנגלית |
מספר מערכת |
997012410500305171 |
תצוגת MARC
תגיות
- Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939 Knowledge Occultism.
- D. E. D. I., 1865-1939
- Daemon Est Deus Inversus, 1865-1939
- Ganconagh, 1865-1939
- I., D. E. D., 1865-1939
- Йейтс, У. Б. (Уильям Батлер), 1865-1939
- Ĭeĭts, U. B. (Uilʹi︠a︡m Batler), 1865-1939
- Йейтс, Уильям Батлер, 1865-1939
- Ĭeĭts, Uilʹi︠a︡m Batler, 1865-1939
- Weilian Batele Yezhi, 1865-1939
- nna Yeats, William Butler, 1865-1939
- Yeṭs, Ṿilyam Baṭler, 1865-1939
- יטס, יטלאם בטלר
- ייטס, ויליאם בטלר, 1865-1939
- 威廉,巴特勒,叶芝, 1865-1939
- Theosophy in literature.
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