William Butler Yeats(1865-1939),the winner of Nobel Prize for Literature,has attracted extensive research attention from academia in recent years.This paper aims to discuss various myths Yeats uses in his poetic creat...William Butler Yeats(1865-1939),the winner of Nobel Prize for Literature,has attracted extensive research attention from academia in recent years.This paper aims to discuss various myths Yeats uses in his poetic creation,focusing on the analysis of the multiple application of myth,including myths performing as the mythic themes of the worldly,the spiritual,and the emotional,as poetic images,as emotional and intellectual symbols,and as political metaphors.展开更多
文摘William Butler Yeats(1865-1939),the winner of Nobel Prize for Literature,has attracted extensive research attention from academia in recent years.This paper aims to discuss various myths Yeats uses in his poetic creation,focusing on the analysis of the multiple application of myth,including myths performing as the mythic themes of the worldly,the spiritual,and the emotional,as poetic images,as emotional and intellectual symbols,and as political metaphors.
