This lively introduction to the poems of W.B. Yeats, first published in 1988, provides a series of intriguing new readings of his work in relation to his profound involvement with occultism and folklore. During Yeats's formative years as an artist, two compelling movements were …
How does a written literature come into being within an oral culture, and how does such a literature achieve and maintain its authority? Joseph Falaky Nagy addresses those issues in his wide-ranging reading of the medieval literature of Ireland, from the writings of St. Patrick …
How does a written literature come into being within an oral culture, and how does such a literature achieve and maintain its authority? Joseph Falaky Nagy addresses those issues in his wide-ranging reading of the medieval literature of Ireland, from the writings of St. Patrick …
"The Vision of Mac Conglinne is a fantastic poem and could be an allegory for our modern world, the demon of gluttony has taken over and wants to devour everything. Only words can expel it. Thank you Lahney Preston-Matto for the marvelous translation and comprehensive scholarly …
"The Vision of Mac Conglinne is a fantastic poem and could be an allegory for our modern world, the demon of gluttony has taken over and wants to devour everything. Only words can expel it. Thank you Lahney Preston-Matto for the marvelous translation and comprehensive scholarly …