A reader's guide to Yeats's A vision / Neil Mann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mann, Neil, 1963- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Yeats, W. B.

Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939--Criticism and interpretation.

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

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 381 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

[Clemson, South Carolina] : Clemson University Press, in association with Liverpool University Press, 2019.

Summary:

"A guide to the strange and complex view of human life and the spiritual cosmos proposed by the Irish poet Yeats in his esoteric work, A Vision. Topic areas are presented in brief overview, supported by extensive analysis in depth, and consideration of the implications in Yeats's literary works"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Overview : the book of A vision

Genesis : making and remaking A vision

Background: antecedents and assumptions

Presentation : gyres and geometry

Spirits : being and fate

Being : human and divine

The faculties : action and pursuit

The principles : reality and value

The daimon : opposition and essence

The divine : one and many

The circles of life : wheels and rebirth

The twenty-eight incarnations : lives and phases

After life : understanding and preparation

History : cycles and influx

Beyond A vision.

Notes:

Place of publication from publisher's website.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Mann, Neil, 1963- author. Reader's guide to Yeats's A vision

ISBN:

9781942954620

194295462X

OCLC:

1054266742

Publisher Number:

99983585985