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Rosa Alchemica
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By William Butler Yeats 16 Dec, 2019
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For those who are familiar with Yeats' poetry, particularly his beloved early poems like "The Lake Isle of Innisfree," reading "Rosa Alchemica" is an experience of joy. Called by critics his best work of fiction, "Rosa Alchemica" incorporates not onl ... Read more
For those who are familiar with Yeats' poetry, particularly his beloved early poems like "The Lake Isle of Innisfree," reading "Rosa Alchemica" is an experience of joy. Called by critics his best work of fiction, "Rosa Alchemica" incorporates not only the lush language and imagery of early Yeats, but also his personal interests: Irish culture, myth and legend, and his lifelong membership in the society of the Golden Dawn, a secret society that believed it could practice magic. Yeats believed that "poetry and romance cannot be made by the most conscientious study of famous moments and of the thoughts and feelings of others, but only by looking into that little, infinite, faltering, eternal flame that we call ourselves." Less
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  • 48
  • Public Domain Books
  • 2005-12-01
  • English
  • 9781161579246
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William Butler Yeats
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William Butler Yeats (13 June 1865 – 28 Jan 1939) was an Irish poet, dramatist, prose writer and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. A pillar of the Irish literary establishment,...
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