Yeats's Modernism and Donne's Influence

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  • YeatsのモダニズムとDonneの影響
  • YEATS ノ モダニズム ト DONNE ノ エイキョウ

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In　this　thesis，　I　will　consider　the　inHuence　H．　J．　C．　Grierson’sPoems　of／ohn ヱ）onne　had　on　W．　B．　Yeats　when　his　writing　changed　from　a　Victorian　mode　to a　Modernist　one．　It　has　o食en　been　said　and　taken　fbr　granted　that　Ezra　Pound roughened　Yeats’s　diction，　that　ls，　modernized　his　style．　Through　the　times， however，　literary　critics　have　come　to　reconsider　this　mythical　episode，　fbr　it　is obvious　that　Pound’s　development　of　the　imagist　aesthetic　was　promoted　by embracing　Yeats’s　purity　of　syntax　and　diction．　Indeed，　the　energy　of　this　twenty－ year　younger　poet　had　brought　about　great　changes　in　Yeats’screative　activ一 ity，　but　this　influence　has　been　emphasized　to　such　an　extent　that　other　influences 　which　should　not　go　unheeded　have　been　overlooked．　Therefore　I　would hke　to　discuss　the　influence　of　Donne　on　Yeats　in　the　transitive　period，　which has　not　received　much　attention．　In　the　first　half　of　this　paper　I　will　exam．ine how　Yeats　received　Grierson’s　edition　of　Donne　through　his　letter　thanking him　fbr　sending　it　to　him，　in　which　he　said，‘‘at　last　1　can　understand　Donne．”In the　second　half　I　will　investigate，　by　discussing　his“Sailing　to　Byzantium，” how　Yeats‘‘recover［ed］the　Vision　of　Evil，”which　he　noticed　Donne　possessed， 　though　Shelly　lacked．

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