Making the Void Fruitful Yeats as Spiritual Seeker and Petrarchan Lover

Shedding fresh light on the life and work of William Butler Yeats-widely acclaimed as the major English-language poet of the twentieth century-this new study by leading scholar Patrick J. Keane questions established understandings of the Irish poet's long fascination with the occult: a fixation...

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Main Author: Keane, Patrick J. (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Open Book Publishers 2021
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