{"product_id":"high-talk-the-philosophical-poetry-of-w-b-yeats-paperback-9780521134637","title":"High Talk; The Philosophical Poetry of W. B. Yeats (Paperback) 9780521134637","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHigh Talk\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Philosophical Poetry of W. B. Yeats\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSnukal takes Yeats' most ambitious philosophical poems, and situates them in the British romantic tradition.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRobert Snukal (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521134637, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 11 March 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e280 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.6 cm, 0.36 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIt is often thought that for Yeats ideas were simply pegs on which to hang poetry: philosophers supplied him with images or attitudes, but he was basically a dilettante. Snukal takes Yeats' most ambitious philosophical poems, and situates them in the British romantic tradition inaugurated by Coleridge's and Wordworth's theories of the imagination, and the European philosophical tradition of idealism inaugurated by Kant and Hegel. Both traditions are concerned with the nature of reality, our mode of perceiving it, and the relationship between perception, thought, action, language and artistic form. They are also concerned with the individuals' freedom of will in the historical process, so that ethical considerations are involved as well as aesthetic ones. Yeats' preoccupations are thus profoundly serious, and lead naturally to a mode of expression in which the poet finds symbols and myths which express the individuals' perceptions and his situation in the world.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Borrowings\u003cbr\u003e 2. Towards a reading of the poems: beginnings\u003cbr\u003e 3. Symbol and symbolism\u003cbr\u003e 4. Art, history and the phenomenal world\u003cbr\u003e 5. Freedom and necessity\u003cbr\u003e 6. History as necessity\u003cbr\u003e 7. 'Among School Children'\u003cbr\u003e 8. Conclusions\u003cbr\u003e Appendices\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006587621656,"sku":"9780521134637","price":30.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521134637i_87e9ac94-4a98-4cc6-a94d-53608b616e16.jpg?v=1691372189","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/high-talk-the-philosophical-poetry-of-w-b-yeats-paperback-9780521134637","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}