William Bulter Yeats

This collection of articles show Yeats' main interests. Ireland is there, both real with the Parnell affair that tore it all apart, imaginary with the esoteric world of druidic magic whose interpreting key is provided by an oriental background…

The stories that follow the Celtic Twilight and are located in real place of the West of Ireland, open the door on Celtic legends and mythology: magical world made of ghostly figures from hallucinations, world of metamorphoses…

Collection of tales and legends, The Celtic Twilight is made of Yeats' memories of childhood and youth. Written in the context of a general interest for folklore, it gave its name to a period of Irish literary history…

Collection of literary, occult and political essays, Explorations sheds an essential light on Yeats' work and particularly on his brand new conception of theatrical techniques…

Virgil tells us how « the Argive fleet, drawn up in line abreast, left Tenedos through the aloof moon's friendly stillnesses ». The conflict that opposed Greeks and Trojans inspired Yeats’ metaphoric spirit an opposition of the self and the anti-self…