Yeats Folklore and Occultism

<p>This lively introduction to the poems of W. B. Yeats first published in 1988 provides a series of intriguing new readings of his work in relation to his profound involvement with occultism and folklore. During Yeats’s formative years as an artist two compelling movements were emerging: the revivals of interest in Irish folklore and in the magical tradition. Yeats later named folklore and occultism as the chief intellectual influences on his youth and <i>Yeats Folklore and Occultism </i>sets out to test this claim. This is an important critical book for Yeats scholars and all those concerned with understanding of twentieth-century poetry. </p>