Curious astringent joy : an exploration of major Nietzschean echoes in the writing of William Butler Yeats

William Butler Yeats first came under the thrall of / Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche in the Dublin summer of 1902. 0 His friend and patron, the New York lawyer John Quinn, had sent Yeats a modest volume of Nietzsche with the imposing title of Nietzsche as Critic, PhiZosopher, Poet and 'Prophet, containing 'Choice Selections from His Works' compiled by Thomas Common, who was to become a major contributor to the Oscar. Levy English edition of Nietzsche's Werke.

Grantor

Department of English Language and Literature

Year dc:date.issued

1977

Author dc:creator

• Bohlmann, Otto

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Birkinshaw, Philip

• English Literature

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/38898

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/38898