Yeats, Shakespeare, and Irish cultural nationalism / Oliver Michael Hennessey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hennessey, Oliver, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National characteristics, Irish, in literature.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Nationalism in literature.

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

Yeats, W. B.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Influence.

Shakespeare, William.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (199 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Madison, [Wisconsin] ; Teaneck, [New Jersey] : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<span><span>This book examines Yeats's writing about Shakespeare in the contexts of his work on behalf of the Irish Literary Revival and contemporary trends in Shakespeare reception. These prose pieces reveal Yeats thinking about Shakespeare's art and times throughout his career, and taken together they offer a new perspective on the contours of Yeats's cultural politics.</span></span>

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; William Shakespeare in Yeats's Irish Revival; 1 De-Anglicization; 2 The Birth of a Nation; 3 Disappointment, Degeneration, and Despair; 4 Yeats's Modern(ish) Shakespeare; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61147-741-7

1-61147-627-5

OCLC:

896794045