William Butler Yeats was born on 13 June 1865 at Sandymount, County Dublin, and died on 28 January 1939 at Menton, France. During the seventy-three years between those dates, he became not merely Ireland’s most internationally celebrated modern poet but one of the major writers in English. Poet, dramatist, essayist, editor, cultural organizer, senator, and tireless architect of literary institutions, Yeats made a car…
“Our deceit will give us style, mastery, that dignity, that lofty and severe quality Verlaine spoke of.”
Neighbourhood:
Dramatic Poets, Edwardian Poets, Irish Poets, Modernist Poets, Mystical & Spiritual Poets, Political Poets, Symbolist Poets
Emotional landscape: Longing, Sorrow, Despair
In the pantheon of Irish literary figures who shaped the cultural renaissance of the early twentieth century, Joseph Campbell occupies a unique position as both a guardian of ancient Gaelic traditions and a modernizing force in Irish poetry. Born on July 15, 1879, in Belfast, and dying on June 6, 1944, Campbell lived through one of the most tumultuous and transformative periods in Irish history. His life spanned the…
“Coaching by the stars, night-walking—all my best thoughts, I find, come to me that way.”
Neighbourhood:
Folk & Ballad Poets, Georgian Poets, Irish Poets, Nature Poets
Emotional landscape: Sorrow, Spirituality, Wonder
