Yeats and American Poetry: The Tradition of the Self

Terence Diggory

Published by Princeton University Press 1983

Yeats and American Poetry

The Tradition of the Self

Terence Diggory

Volume 994 in the series Princeton Legacy Library

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400853809

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This work is designed to show a double influence: first, that of American poets, especially Whitman, on W. B. Yeats, and, second, of Yeats on a wide range of American poets who began their careers during the first decades of the century.

Originally published in 1983.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
PERMISSIONS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
NOTE ON CITATIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xv
I. INTRODUCTION : “THE TRADITION OF MYSELF” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
II. AN AMERICAN TRADITION: EMERSON, POE, THOREAU, AND WHITMAN Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
III. A LIVE TRADITION: EZRA POUND Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
IV. NATURAL SPEECH: THE NINETEEN-TENS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
V. ARTIFICIAL LIVES: THE NINETEEN-TWENTIES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
VI. PUBLIC SPEECH: THE NINETEEN-THIRTIES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	134
VII. PRIVATE LIVES: THE NINETEEN-FORTIES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
VIII. CONCLUSION: THE END OF TRADITION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
NOTES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	249
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263

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