Ideas of Good and Evil

BY THE SAME WRITER—
THE SECRET ROSE
THE CELTIC TWILIGHT
POEMS
THE WIND AMONG THE REEDS
THE SHADOWY WATERS
PLAYS FOR AN IRISH THEATRE
Vol. I. Where there is Nothing
Vol. II. Shorter Plays

Ideas of Good and Evil

Second Edition

Ideas of Good and Evil.

By W. B. Yeats

A. H. BULLEN, 47 Great Russell
Street, London, W.C. MCMIII


Contents.

WHAT IS ‘POPULAR POETRY’?[1]
SPEAKING TO THE PSALTERY[16]
MAGIC[29]
THE HAPPIEST OF THE POETS[70]
THE PHILOSOPHY OF SHELLEY’S POETRY[90]
AT STRATFORD-ON-AVON[142]
WILLIAM BLAKE AND THE IMAGINATION[168]
WILLIAM BLAKE AND HIS ILLUSTRATIONS TO THE DIVINE COMEDY[176]
SYMBOLISM IN PAINTING[226]
THE SYMBOLISM OF POETRY[237]
THE THEATRE[257]
THE CELTIC ELEMENT IN LITERATURE[270]
THE AUTUMN OF THE BODY[296]
THE MOODS[306]
THE BODY OF THE FATHER CHRISTIAN ROSENCRUX[308]
THE RETURN OF ULYSSES[312]
IRELAND AND THE ARTS[320]
THE GALWAY PLAINS[333]
EMOTION OF MULTITUDE[339]