William Butler Yeats i Wielkanoc 1916, czyli wypisy z wysokiego modernizmu
William Butler Yeats and High Modernist legacy in Easter 1916
Author(s): Wit PietrzakSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Poznańskie Studia Polonistyczne
Keywords: William Butler Yeats; The Easter Rising (1916); English-language modernism; literary criticism
Summary/Abstract: The article proposes to read the poem by William Butler Yeats Easter 1916 in order to trace its relationships with the poetics of High Modernismrepresented by Ezra Pound, Thomas Staerns Eliot and James Joyce.During the analysis not only the historical and literary background ofthe poem is presented but also the relationship between the poet’s imaginationand the realities around him. Easter 1916 is regarded as one ofthe greatest works of modernist poetry.
Journal: Poznańskie Studia Polonistyczne. Seria Literacka
- Issue Year: 2014
- Issue No: 24
- Page Range: 157-170
- Page Count: 14
- Language: Polish
