Essays about: "Yeats"

Found 5 essays containing the word Yeats.

  1. 1. A Conceptual-historicist Investigation of Poems by William Butler Yeats

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Johanna Juhlin; [2017]
    Keywords : Yeats; Conceptual history; Koselleck; Irish poetry; Mythology;

    Abstract : This essay aims to find a correlation between the poetry of William Butler Yeats and the social-cultural context of its time-period. With the aid of conceptual history, representations of fundamental concepts can be revealed in the written text. READ MORE

  3. 2. Yeats’s Ambivalence : An Analysis of his poems “Nineteen Hundred and Nineteen” and“Meditations in Time of Civil War”

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

    Author : Hamid Reza Ghadiri; [2015]
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  4. 3. Yeats, Myth and Mythical Method : A Close Reading of the Representations of Celtic and Catholic Mythology in “The Wanderings of Oisin”

    University essay from Institutionen för språkstudier

    Author : Jenny Sperens; [2013]
    Keywords : Yeats; mythical method; close reading; Irish mythology; Oisin; Yeats; mytisk metod; närläsning; Irländsk mytologi; Oisin;

    Abstract : “The Wanderings of Oisin” was published in 1889 and is one of W.B Yeats’ earliest poems and is the main focus for this essay. The poem depicts the duality of Irish identity and the transition from one system of belief to another. This essay will demonstrate that W. READ MORE

  5. 4. Oscar Wilde’s “The Happy Prince” : The Hidden Messages and the Debate on the Target Audience

    University essay from Engelska

    Author : Layla Bseiso; [2007]
    Keywords : Wilde; Oscar Wilde; The Happy Prince; Fairytales; Children s literature;

    Abstract : Oscar Wilde’s fairytales have been read to children for more than a century. Nevertheless, since the time of their publication in 1888 and 1891, the target audience of The Happy Prince and Other Tales and A House of Pomegranates have been the concern of critics. READ MORE

  6. 5. Blood-Sacrifice and Nationalism in Yeats’s Cathleen ni Houlihan

    University essay from Litteraturvetenskap

    Author : Hamid Reza Ghadiri; [2006]
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