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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784785003321

Autore

Harper Margaret Mills <1957->

Titolo

Wisdom of two [[electronic resource] ] : the spiritual and literary collaboration of George and W.B. Yeats / / Margaret Mills Harper

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

1-383-04358-2

1-280-90307-4

0-19-151611-2

1-4294-7105-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (399 p.)

Disciplina

821/.8

B

Soggetti

Authors' spouses - Ireland

Occultists - Ireland

Occultism in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [344]-363) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: 'She finds the words'; 1. 'A philosophy ... created from search': Preliminary Issues; 2. Nemo the Interpreter; 3. 'To give you new images': Published Results; 4. Demon the Medium; 5. All the Others: Dramatis Personae; Conclusion: 'this other Aquinas'; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

W. B. Yeats searched throughout his life for a system of spiritual truth. From 1917 he and his wife did automatic writing, W. B. asking questions and George writing down answers from beyond their conscious selves. Harper thoroughly analyses this script, touching on a number of related topics including feminist issues of collaborative authorship. - ;Georgie Hyde Lees, who married W. B. Yeats in the autumn of 1917, has for many years occupied a secondary or even marginal position in most studies of her famous husband. She has been depicted as a poor choice for romantic partner, political comrade