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The Celtic Revival (also referred to as the Celtic Twilight [1]) is a variety of movements and trends in the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries that see a renewed interest in aspects of Celtic culture. Artists and writers drew on the traditions of Gaelic literature , Welsh-language literature , and Celtic art —what historians call insular art (the ...
In 1893 Yeats published The Celtic Twilight, a collection of lore and reminiscences from the West of Ireland. The book closed with the poem "Into the Twilight". It was this book and poem that gave the revival its nickname. In this year Hyde, Eugene O'Growney and Eoin MacNeill founded the Gaelic League, with Hyde becoming its first President. It ...
1893 – The Celtic Twilight, poetry and nonfiction [2] 1893 – The Rose, poems [2] 1893 – The Works of William Blake: Poetic, Symbolic and Critical, co-written with Edwin Ellis; 1894 – The Land of Heart's Desire, published in April, his first acted play, performed 29 March [2] 1895 – Poems, verse
William Butler Yeats [a] (13 June 1865 – 28 January 1939) was an Irish poet, dramatist and writer, and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival , and along with Lady Gregory founded the Abbey Theatre , serving as its chief during its early years.
The Green Helmet (1910) contained little of the Celtic influence of his earlier poems. The other world had all but disappeared with his publication of Responsibilities and a Play. The Responsibilities poems signify a transition turning point for Yeats from the dreamworld of the Celtic Twilight to the harsh realities of the modern day. He sums ...
The poems of Fiona Macleod attracted the attention of composers in the first half of the 20th century as part of the Celtic Twilight movement in the UK and the US. [8] By far the best known setting was the adaptation of the verse drama The Immortal Hour as the libretto for Rutland Boughton 's hugely successful opera of the same name, completed ...
Alice Meynell, Poems [7] Francis Thompson, Poems, [7] including "The Hound of Heaven" W. B. Yeats, Irish poet published in the United Kingdom, The Celtic Twilight, poetry and nonfiction [7] W. B. Yeats, Irish poet published in the United Kingdom, and Edwin John Ellis, editors, The Works of William Blake, Poetic, Symbolic, and Critical, Quaritch [8]
The original version is attested in the play The Rivals by William Davenant, initially performed in 1662. It is sung by the character Celania in Act 5 to a melody that is not indicated. [3] William Grattan Flood provides details about a composed setting of "My Lodging is on the Cold Ground", published by Matthew Locke in 1665. It has no Irish ...