I actually thought the lecture was great. This is one of my favorite poems, and I always enjoy reading articles or hearing lectures about it. To be sure, every scholar has his or her own fascinating interpretation, and I felt the lecturer provided some insights I had never heard before. Well done!
IRISH literature NOT British! Yeats worked so hard to identify as Irish, but he was born English. But this is Yeats and part of the Irish Literary Renaissance.
Yeats is certainly Irish. However, I recorded this lecture while teaching a "British Literature" course. I know it's terrible, but in America both English and Irish literature are taught in a pair of undergraduate courses titled "British Literature I & British Literature II." When I say "British Literature," I am referring to our courses rather than Yeats's actual heritage or nationality.
Richard McWilliams, perhaps the term British is used a bit too loosely in one place, but you should certainly watch the entire video before you comment. Yeats' spirituality is examined in some depth and never is he described as "Christian."
No, he didn't. The 'collective unconscious' is purely Jung. "Collective unconscious, term introduced by psychiatrist Carl Jung to represent a form of the unconscious (that part of the mind containing memories and impulses of which the individual is not aware) common to mankind as a whole and originating in the inherited structure of the brain. It is distinct from the personal unconscious, which arises from the experience of the individual. According to Jung, the collective unconscious contains archetypes, or universal primordial images and ideas." www.britannica.com/science/collective-unconscious (Cited 22.02.20)
Yeats might have called himself an esoteric or gnostic Christian. I believe that some aspects of the poem reflect his justified disapproval of Alexander "Aleister" Crowley.
It is not British literature, it is Irish literature, written in English yes but Yeats was an Irishman. Britian refers to the island that is comprised of England, Scotland, and Wales, and each of those countries has its own literature, Ireland is a seperate country. Also Yeats was not what you would call a Christian
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I actually thought the lecture was great. This is one of my favorite poems, and I always enjoy reading articles or hearing lectures about it. To be sure, every scholar has his or her own fascinating interpretation, and I felt the lecturer provided some insights I had never heard before. Well done!
this guy is full of passionate intensity!!!
I'm studying this and found it really difficult to understand before I came here. Thanks for your help, you have made me really appreciate the poem!
IRISH literature NOT British! Yeats worked so hard to identify as Irish, but he was born English. But this is Yeats and part of the Irish Literary Renaissance.
Yeats is certainly Irish. However, I recorded this lecture while teaching a "British Literature" course. I know it's terrible, but in America both English and Irish literature are taught in a pair of undergraduate courses titled "British Literature I & British Literature II." When I say "British Literature," I am referring to our courses rather than Yeats's actual heritage or nationality.
I’ve noticed that anyone who takes action of any kind is automatically considered bad. I loved it when you said “it’s the SPHYNX! COMING TO LIIIFE!”
Thank you.
I am hoping I get a question on this poem in my exam now, this has helped so much!! Would be great if you could do this for more of Yeats' poetry!
Very interesting thanks for your insight and knowledge...I love this poem but never studies it formally.
interesting interpretation, thanks
Richard McWilliams, perhaps the term British is used a bit too loosely in one place, but you should certainly watch the entire video before you comment. Yeats' spirituality is examined in some depth and never is he described as "Christian."
I think you confused Freud with Jung
No, he didn't. The 'collective unconscious' is purely Jung. "Collective unconscious, term introduced by psychiatrist Carl Jung to represent a form of the unconscious (that part of the mind containing memories and impulses of which the individual is not aware) common to mankind as a whole and originating in the inherited structure of the brain. It is distinct from the personal unconscious, which arises from the experience of the individual. According to Jung, the collective unconscious contains archetypes, or universal primordial images and ideas." www.britannica.com/science/collective-unconscious (Cited 22.02.20)
@@Ben-pd2bx Mmm..okay.
Yeats might have called himself an esoteric or gnostic Christian. I believe that some aspects of the poem reflect his justified disapproval of Alexander "Aleister" Crowley.
It is not British literature, it is Irish literature, written in English yes but Yeats was an Irishman. Britian refers to the island that is comprised of England, Scotland, and Wales, and each of those countries has its own literature, Ireland is a seperate country. Also Yeats was not what you would call a Christian
Sir please upload other chapters also I can understand in patriotism
Dont get me wrong, interesting post and thanks for it, just wanted to get the Irish thing right...
UA-cam is about right for your knowledge of literature.
Irish literature***
Irish literature*** there are many fine british poets like blake but if your going to do a lecture on one of Ireland's finest poets do your research