William Butler Yeats 1865－1939英国文学 知识讲稿.ppt

William Butler Yeats 1865－1939 I. LIFE OF YEATS 1865 born in Dublin. Father a painter 1865-1876 Sligo 1887 moved to London, met Morris and Wilde 1889 met Maud Gonne, who was to have a significant and lasting effect on his poetry and his life thereafter. 1891 co-founded the Rhymers’ Club, influenced by the Pre-Raphaelites, Spenser and Shelley 1896 met Lady Gregory and J. M. Synge, concentrating on Irish tradition I. LIFE OF YEATS 1904 President of the Irish National Dramatic Society, then founded the Abbey Theatre. Write 20 + plays from 1904 to the end of his life. 1916 The Easter Rising in Dublin, had its strong impact on the poet. 1917 settled down in Galway, Ireland. Yeats’ tower. 1922 Appointed a senator of the new Irish Free State 1923 won the Nobel Prize for literature 1880s amd 1890s to the 1930s a long long poetic career. Yeats’ Tower Yeats’ Works II Later Poems “as cold and passionate as the dawn” A Coat I made my song a coatCovered with embroideriesOut of old mythologiesFrom heel to throat;But the fools caught it,Wore it in the worlds eyesAs though theyd wrought it.Song, let them take it,For theres more enterpriseIn walking naked. A. Yeats’ attitude toward the Nationalist Movement in Ireland 1880s got interested in the Irish national tradition; 1890s start to write verse plays based on the old Irish legends and myths. 1913 disllusioned with the state of Irish national movement for independence from Britain. September 1913 1916 stirred up by the Easter Rising and celebrated it. Easter 1916 “Was it for this the wild geese spreadThe gray wing upon every tide;For this that all that blood was shed,For this Edward Fitzgerald died,And Robert Emmet and Wolfe Tone,All that delirium of the brave?” “But let them be, they’re dead and gone, They’re with O’leary in the grave.” －－September 1913 “All changed, changed utterly:A terrible beauty is born.” －－Easter 1916 B Yeats’ refle