Yeats and artistic power

The first book to consider William Butler Yeats' aesthetic of artistic power of, demonstrating the centrality in his work of the concept that art might shape life. Drawing on the Irish bardic tradition as well such figures as Shelley, Blake, and Wilde, Yeats developed a stance that enabled him to reconcile the exacting demands of literary craftsmanship and his desire to advance the cause of Irish nationalism. For this new edition, new material has been added, connecting the argument of the original book to recent developements in theory and adding a Jungian perspective. -- Publisher description