This book was not what I expected from the title, but neither was it less than I expected. Rather than a discussion on good and evil as conditions of the human soul, this was a collection of essays about art written during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.Some discussions were perhaps more relevant during the time the essays were written, but most of Yeats thoughts could, with a little effort, be applied to todays world. His thoughts on symbolism versus allegory, art as "the theatre of commerce" versus art as a "great Passion" and the essays on William Blake are marvelous. ...Essays included in "Ideas of Good and Evil" by W B YeatsWhat is popular poetry?Speaking to the psalteryMagicThe happiest of the poetsThe philosophy of Shelleys poetryAt StratfordonAvonWilliam Blake and the imaginationWilliam Blake and his illustrations to the Divine comedySymbolism in paintingThe symbolism of poetryThe theatreThe Celtic element in literatureThe autumn of the bodyThe moodsThe body of Father Christian RosencruxThe return of UlyssesIreland and the artsThe Galway plainsEmotion of multitudes (wikipedia.org)About the AuthorWilliam Butler Yeats (13 June 1865 28 January 1939) was an Irish poet, dramatist and writer, and one of the foremost figures of 20thcentury 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. He was awarded the 1923 Nobel Prize in Literature, and...

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