Adventures in the Deeps of the Mind: The Cuchulain Cycle of W.B. Yeats

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Adventures in the Deeps of the Mind: The Cuchulain Cycle of W.B. Yeats
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Barton R. Friedman
SeriesPrinceton Legacy Library
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:168
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
Category/GenreLiterary studies - c 1800 to c 1900
Literary studies - poetry and poets
Literary studies - plays and playwrights
ISBN/Barcode 9780691616537
ClassificationsDewey:822.8
Audience
Undergraduate
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 12 March 2019
Publication Country United States

Description

Barton Freidman demonstrates that, as a cycle, the Cuchulain plays form a paradigm of Yeats's dramatic career. They trace his progress, the author contends, toward finding a genuine dramatic mode, and examination of this process reveals much about a playwright whose work is simultaneously great literature and extaordinarily effective theater. In