Senator William Butler Yeats and the issue of Irish language
Senator William Butler Yeats and the issue of Irish language
Author(s): Anna KőszeghySubject(s): Cultural history, Political history, Comparative Study of Literature, Other Language Literature, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939)
Published by: Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem, Új-és Jelenkori Egyetemes Történeti Tanszék
Keywords: Anglo-Irish Treaty; William Butler Yeats; Manuscript Committee; Senate; Seanad; Irish poetry; Irish signage; P. B Shelley; eloquence; Gaelic; compulsory Gaelic; Byzantium; Abbey Theatre; Irish Academy
Summary/Abstract: Via speeches, interview, poems the author wants to show the Yeats considered the preservation of Irish language of utmost importance but in a unique, modern way that made him clash with contemporary public opinion of Irishness.
Journal: ÖT KONTINENS
- Issue Year: 2016
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 23-35
- Page Count: 13
- Language: English