| Description |
xi, 530 pages : portraits ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Settings of 6 poems by Florence Farr: p. 23-27. |
| Contents |
1. Ideas of good and evil: What is 'popular poetry'? -- Speaking to the psaltery -- Magic -- The happiest of the poets -- The philosophy of Shelley's poetry -- At Stratford-on-Avon -- William Blake and the imagination -- William Blake and his illustrations to the Divine comedy -- Symbolism in painting -- The symbolism of poetry -- The theatre -- The Celtic element in literature -- The autumn of the body -- The moods -- The body of the Father Christian Rosencrux -- The return of Ulysses -- Ireland and the arts -- The Galway plains -- Emotion of multitude -- 2. The cutting of an agate: Certain noble plays of Japan -- The tragic theatre -- Poetry and tradition -- Discoveries -- Preface to the first edition of The well of the saints -- Preface to the first edition of John M. Synge's Poems and translations -- J.M. Synge and the Ireland of his time -- John Shawe-Taylor -- Art and ideas -- Edmund Spenser -- [3.] later essays and introduction: Gitanjali -- Bishop Berkeley -- My friend's book -- Prometheus unbound -- An Indian monk -- Louis Lambert -- The holy mountain -- DtThe Mandukya Upanishad -- Parnell -- Modern poetry -- A general introduction for my work -- An introduction for my plays. |
| Subject |
Literature -- History and criticism.
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Ireland -- Intellectual life.
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