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Yeats and theosophy /
When H.P. Blavatsky, the controversial head of the turn of the century movement Theosophy, defined ""a true Theosophist"" in her book The Key to Theosophy, she could have just as easily have been describing W.B. Yeats. Blavatsky writes, ""A true Theosophist must put in...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Routledge,
[2008]
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| Colección: | Studies in major literary authors (Unnumbered)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | When H.P. Blavatsky, the controversial head of the turn of the century movement Theosophy, defined ""a true Theosophist"" in her book The Key to Theosophy, she could have just as easily have been describing W.B. Yeats. Blavatsky writes, ""A true Theosophist must put in practice the loftiest moral ideal, must strive to realize his unity with the whole of humanity, and work ceaselessly for others."" Although Yeats joined Blavatsky's group in 1887, and subsequently left to help form The Golden Dawn in 1890, Yeats's career as poet and politician were very much in line with the methods set for. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vii, 244 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-241) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781135915629 1135915628 9780203933992 0203933990 9781135915575 1135915571 9781135915612 113591561X |