Callaghan, M. (2015) Forms of conflict: Byron's influence on Yeats. English, 64 (245). 81 - 98. ISSN 0013-8215
Abstract
From Yeats's earliest poetry, Byron looms large in his imagination. It is Byron's poetry of conflict, formal dexterity, political outspokenness, and, most crucially, his poetry of personality that offered a compelling model for Yeats, the aristocratically public poet. This article argues for the significance of Byron's influence on Yeats's poetry. Edward Larrissy and Steven Matthews have suggested the influence of Byron on Yeats, and Yeats himself avows the same to H. J. C. Grierson in a letter. Yet, there has been a relative dearth of studies that focus on their poetic kinship. This article shows that the Yeats-Byron bond, present from Yeats's early to his later poetry, involves a shared double manner, celebratory, and mournful, where both poets fuse sardonic urbanity with imaginative felicity.
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield) > School of English (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 11 Sep 2015 13:16 |
Last Modified: | 19 Apr 2017 09:37 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/english/efv008 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1093/english/efv008 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:89846 |