Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Empson, William, 1906-1984

Description

1. 125 p.; 21 cm.

Summary

1. "Modern drama, being directly responsible to an audience more representative than that which has encouraged modern poetry, has more distinctly suffered from contemporary distrust of imagination. An age in which people derive their view of life from science and commerce has produced a realistic and naturalistic drama having the force of fact but lacking the imaginative power and richness of traditional poetic drama, writes Mr. Clark in this study of W. B. Yeats's plays. He goes on to examine the aims, difficulties and achievements of the plays in relation to contemporary society, realistic drama and to the great poetic drama of the past. The book considers a group of selected plays which have a similarity in theme but which are representative of the early, middle and late stages of Yeats's development. In his final chapter the author examines Yeats as a dramatist and concludes that his drama provides the nearest thing to the Realist idea of a theatre that our age has achieved."--Dust jacket front flap.

Subject

1. Yeats, W. B. 1865-1939
2. Realism in literature

Genre/Form

1. Association copies (Provenance)

Contents

1. The Drama of Passionate Perception -- "Deirdre," The Rigour of Logic -- "The Dreaming of the Bones" and the Anti-Self of Circumstantial Realism -- "The Words upon the Window-pane" -- "Purgatory," The Achieved Language of Passionate Perception -- Conclusion.

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Note

1. Revision of the author's thesis, Yale University.

Bibliography (note)

1. Bibliography: p. 123-125.

Processing action (note)

1. committed to retain