Senator William Butler Yeats and the issue of Irish language Cover Image

Senator William Butler Yeats and the issue of Irish language
Senator William Butler Yeats and the issue of Irish language

Author(s): Anna Kőszeghy
Subject(s): Cultural history, Political history, Comparative Study of Literature, Other Language Literature, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939)
Published by: Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem, Új-és Jelenkori Egyetemes Történeti Tanszék
Keywords: Anglo-Irish Treaty; William Butler Yeats; Manuscript Committee; Senate; Seanad; Irish poetry; Irish signage; P. B Shelley; eloquence; Gaelic; compulsory Gaelic; Byzantium; Abbey Theatre; Irish Academy

Summary/Abstract: Via speeches, interview, poems the author wants to show the Yeats considered the preservation of Irish language of utmost importance but in a unique, modern way that made him clash with contemporary public opinion of Irishness.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 23-35
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: English