Wisdom of two : the spiritual and literary collaboration of George and W.B. Yeats / Margaret Mills Harper.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harper, Margaret Mills, 1957- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authors' spouses--Ireland--Biography.

Authors' spouses.

Occultism in literature.

Occultists--Ireland--Biography.

Occultists.

Yeats, Georgie, -1968--Influence.

Yeats, Georgie.

Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939--Authorship--Collaboration.

Yeats, W. B.

Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939--Marriage.

Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939. Vision--Criticism, Textual.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (399 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

W.B. Yeats searched throughout his life for a system of spiritual truth. He and his wife did automatic writing, asking questions and writing down answers from beyond their conscious selves. This work analyses this script and looks at related topics including feminist issues of collaborative authorship.

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: 'She finds the words'; 1. 'A philosophy ... created from search': Preliminary Issues; 2. Nemo the Interpreter; 3. 'To give you new images': Published Results; 4. Demon the Medium; 5. All the Others: Dramatis Personae; Conclusion: 'this other Aquinas'; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2006.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [344]-363) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

1-383-04358-2

1-280-90307-4

0-19-151611-2

1-4294-7105-0

OCLC:

609831574