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1 online resource (vii, 244 pages) |
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Studies in major literary authors |
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Studies in major literary authors (Unnumbered)
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Introduction: A "philosophy-- logical and boundless" : the esoteric life and thought of W.B. Yeats -- Setting "a boy's turbulent days" to rest : mastering passionate youth through an occult pastoral -- Yeats's hermetic nationalism : from Mosada to Cathleen ni Houlihan -- Rewording madness and testing a philosophy : the Ellis-Yeats Works of William Blake -- Strategic celticism : folklore, theosophy, and identity -- Conclusion: Yeats's biography and Blavatsky : the poet and the pythoness |
| Summary |
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 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-241) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939 -- Knowledge -- Occultism
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| SUBJECT |
Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939 fast |
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Theosophy in literature.
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POETRY -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Occultism
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Theosophy in literature
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781135915629 |
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1135915628 |
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9780203933992 |
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0203933990 |
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9781135915575 |
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1135915571 |
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9781135915612 |
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113591561X |
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