ENG 3320 Lecture 7: Yeats Day 1
2 Mar 2017
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Considered one of the greatest poets of the 21st century. Strong sense of self as artist contributed to his greatness. Writing is accessible to people wants it to be available to everyone. Phase 2: style harder, more realistic (maud got married and he"s shocked), no personal lyric poetry for 7 years. Very involved with threatre (playwriting) starting abbey theatre, political activism, more conversational, more dramatic, adam"s curse, september 1913. Phase 3: poetry more intricate interest with the occult. Trying to figure out metaphysical to make sense of everything. Married to georgie lees depressed because maud rejected him again. Gl suggests on honeymoon to do automatic writing. Symbols are big: the rose the real and the ideal. Wind voice of fairies, of ideals, call mortals to perfection. Birds usually the souls of men. Dancer person whose body and soul are in perfect balance. Horseman pride and strength of nobility. Moon cosmic forces that shape man"s destiny.
