Seanchan 's Quest Restoring of the Poet's Right in Yeasts' Play The King's Threshold

Fawziya Mousa Ghanim
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Fawziya Mousa Ghanim: University of Baghdad, Iraq

European Journal of Language and Literature Studies Articles, 2021, vol. 7

Abstract: William Butler Yeats (1865-1939), the prominent Irish poet and dramatist was one of the foremost figures of twentieth-century literature. He was a driving force behind the Irish Revival, and together with lady Gregory and Edward Martyn established the Abby Theatre, and served as its chief playwright during its early years. He was awarded the Noble Prize in literature for his always inspired poetry which in a highly artistic form gave expression to the spirit of a whole nation. The paper aims at analyzing the poet's quest for social freedom and poet's right in the state. The King's Threshold was first performed by the Irish National Theatre Society at the Molesworth Hall, in Dublin on 7 October, 1903. It is founded upon a Midieval-Irish story of the demands of the poets at the court of King Guaire at Gort, Co. Galway; it was also influenced by Edwin Ellis's play Sancan the bard (1905) which was published ten years earlier, by Edwin Ellis.

Keywords: Seanchan; The King's Threshold; W.B. YeatsThe King's Threshold (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.26417/453wmb82a

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