IRSH 380 Yeats: Poet of Modern Ireland
This course offers a critical examination of the poetry, drama and historical place of W. B. Yeats (1865-1939), a writer whose creative and critical work have enjoyed such a broad cultural impact that many consider him the most important Irish poet of the twentieth century. The class examines Yeats' key roles in fostering the Irish Literary Revival, in forming Dublin's Abbey Theatre and later, in generating the very shape of emerging independence in Ireland. Also studied are Yeats' importance to the development of international modernism, and his lasting influence over later generations of poets and thinkers across the Anglophone world.