W. B. Yeats's "A Vision": Explications and Contexts' is the first volume of essays devoted to 'A Vision' and the associated system developed by W. B. Yeats and his wife, George. 'A Vision' is all-encompassing in its stated aims and scope, and it invites a wide range of approaches-as demonstrated in the essays collected here, written by the foremost scholars in the field. The first six essays present explications of broader themes in 'A Vision' itself: the system's general principles; incarnate life and the Faculties; discarnate life and the Principles; how Yeats relates his own work to other philosophical approaches; and his consideration of the historical process. A further three essays include an examination of the elusive 'Thirteenth Cone', a consideration of astrological features in the automatic script, and a view of the poetry within 'A Vision'. The final five essays look at contextual themes, whether of collaboration and influence-between husband, wife, and spirits, or with another poet-or the gender perspective within these interrelations, the historical context of Golden-Dawn occultism or the broader political context of fascism in the 1920s and 1930s. Throughout, the different contributors take a variety of stances with regard to texts and the automatic script. This is an important contribution to Yeats scholarship in general and a landmark in studies of 'A Vision'.

W. B. Yeats's 'A Vision': Explications and Contexts (Clemson University Press w/ LUP)

Literature & Fiction

Neil Mann

History & Criticism

Clemson University Press w/ LUP

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Neil Mann. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Neil Mann

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Neil Mann. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

W. B. Yeats's 'A Vision': Explications and Contexts (Clemson University Press w/ LUP)