Incomplete draft letter from Thomas MacDonagh to Lord Killanin concerning William Butler Yeats and George Russell's perspectives on poetry,
1913 March 2.
MacDonagh writes that "With George Russell, he [Yeats] thinks I have now abandoned the side of light and poetry and gone over to darkness and grammar [...] Russell and others here think that to write on metrics, or indeed even to think on the like, is to offend against beauty".
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| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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| Notes: | On the verso, manuscript notes on Anglo-Irish poetry. Physical description: 1 item (2 pages). more |
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Incomplete draft letter from Thomas MacDonagh to Lord Killanin concerning William Butler Yeats and George Russell's perspectives on poetry,
1913 March 2.
| In Collection: | Thomas MacDonagh Papers, 1898-1916. |
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| Description: | MacDonagh writes that "With George Russell, he [Yeats] thinks I have now abandoned the side of light and poetry and gone over to darkness and grammar [...] Russell and others here think that to write on metrics, or indeed even to think on the like, is to offend against beauty". |
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| Language: | English |
| Extent: | 1 item (2 pages). |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Call Number: |
MS 10,854/2/5
(Manuscripts Reading Room) |
| Rights: | Reproduction rights owned by the National Library of Ireland. |