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Ideas of Good and Evil

By William Butler Yeats
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One of the most famous poets of the 20th century, William Butler Yeats was so popular and renowned during his time that he was the leader of what came to be known as the Irish Literary Revival, on the strength of his short stories and vivid poetry. Eventually it would lead to his winning a Nobel Prize in 1923. Before Yeats won awards, his interest in spirituality and folklore drove him to write at length about Irish mythology and the occult before the turn of the 20th century. In many ways, it was Yeats who popularised the characters of Celtic mythology and medieval Irish folklore for contemporaneous audiences. First published 1903, "Ideas of Good and Evil" is a collection of essays about art written during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His thoughts on symbolism versus allegory, art as "the theatre of commerce" versus art as a "great Passion" are marvellous. This book is a real treasure and one to add to the collection.

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GenrePhilosophy, History, Spirituality and Religion
Length5 hrs 52 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 20, 2019
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1What Is ‘Popular Poetry’?
2Speaking To The Psaltery
3Magic
4The Happiest Of The Poets
5THE PHILOSOPHY OF SHELLEY’S POETRY
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61. His Ruling Ideas
72. His Ruling Symbols
8At Stratford-On-Avon
9William Blake And The Imagination
10WILLIAM BLAKE AND HIS ILLUSTRATIONS TO THE DIVINE COMEDY
111. His Opinions Upon Art
122. His Opinions On Dante
133. The Illustrations Of Dante
14Symbolism In Painting
15The Symbolism Of Poetry
16The Theatre
17The Celtic Element In Literature
18The Autumn Of The Body
19The Moods
20The Body Of The Father Christian Rosencrux
21The Return Of Ulysses
22Ireland And The Arts
23The Galway Plains
24Emotion Of Multitude

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