The Works of Morris and Yeats in Relation to Early Saga Literature

by Hoare, Dorothy M.

• ISBN13: 9781107605237
• ISBN10: 1107605237
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-02-02
• Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr

Summary

Originally published in 1937, this book discusses the connections between saga literature and the works of William Morris and W. B. Yeats. The first section of the text concentrates on the links between Morris and the Norse sagas, whilst the second section has a broader focus, examining the relationship between Yeats, the Irish Movement and the Irish sagas. There is also an appendices section containing English translations of three Irish sagas. Concise yet highly detailed, this book will be of value to anyone with an interest in literary criticism and the abiding influence of saga literature.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introductory - Irish and Icelandic saga

William Morris - the dreamer

The dreamer in contact with Icelandic saga

The Irish movement: i. The interest in the past - Moore, Martyn

ii. The poetry of Yeats

iii. The development of the romantic attitude to the past - Fiona Macleod, Lay Gregory, Synge

The dreamer in contact with Irish saga: i. Yeats

ii. Versions of The Sons of Uisneach. The romantic attitude

iii. James Stephens - the corrective to the romantic attitude

Conclusion

Appendices. Translations of three Irish sagas: Tochmarc étaíne

Aislinge ¿ngusu

Echtra Nerai.

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