Title: Envisioning Ireland : W.B. Yeats's occult nationalism /
Authors: Nally, Claire, 1979-
Publisher: Peter Lang,
Year: 2009
Subjects: Yeats, W. B. Knowledge Occultism.; Yeats, W. B.; Occultism in literature.; Occultism Ireland History.; Mysticism in literature.; Ireland In literature.
Contents: Introduction "a secret mystical propaganda": the castle of heroes -- "In a time of civil war": Anglo-Irish identity, national conflict and a vision -- Forging and forgery: the "Giraldus" portrait in a vision -- Imperial politics, Leo Africanus and discarnate states -- The "secret society" of theatre: Yeats's middle plays -- Yeats's "fanatic heart": the Golden Dawn, secrecy and anti-semitism.