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The Cutting of an Agate
The work primarily addresses themes related to Irish literature, theatre, and the cultural identity of Ireland, reflecting on the influence of myth and folklore in shaping artistic expression.
"The Cutting of an Agate" by William Butler Yeats is a collection of essays. The work primarily addresses themes related to Irish literature, theatre, and the cultural identity of Ireland, reflecting on the influence of myth and folklore in shaping artistic expression.
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The little theatrical company I write my plays for had come to a west of Ireland town, and was to give a performance in an old ball-room, for there was no other room big enough. I went there from a neighbouring country-house, and, arriving a little before the players, tried to open a window. My hands were black with dirt in a moment, and presently a pane of glass and a part of the window-frame came out in my hands. Everything in this room was half in ruins, the rotten boards cracked under my feet, and our new proscenium and the new boards of the platform looked out of place, and yet the room was not really old, in spite of the musicians’ gallery over the stage. It had been built by some romantic or philanthropic landlord some three or four generations ago, and was a memory of we knew not what unfinished scheme.
Contents
- 01The Cutting of an Agate
- 02Thoughts on Lady Gregory’s Translations
- 03Preface to the First Edition of the Well of the Saints
- 04Discoveries
- 05Poetry and Tradition
- 06Preface to the First Edition of John M. Synge’s Poems and Translations
- 07J. M. Synge and the Ireland of His Time
- 08The Tragic Theatre
- 09John Shawe-Taylor
- 10Edmund Spenser
About this edition
- Author
- W. B. Yeats
- Language
- English
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Advanced: for close, demanding reading
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 163 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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