When W.B. Yeats became the first Irish person to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923, the Swedish Academy was crediting him with giving expression to the spirit of a whole nation. The prize established Yeats as the unofficial poet laureate of a country that had, in his own words, been transformed utterly during the preceding decade.
From the Celtic Twilight of the 1890s to his death in 1939, Yeatss writings offer a unique window through which to view the changing Ireland of his time. In PILGRIM SOUL, Daniel Mulhalls highly accessible and illuminating guide to Yeats, the poets special role in Irish affairs is examined closely. Each chapter opens with a major Yeats poem through which Mulhall examines the historical events that inspired it. Along the way, he explores Yeatss indomitable Irishness, the roots of his periodic disenchantment with Ireland and the conservative politics of his later years as well as the way Yeatss lifelong encounter with Irish affairs helped reshape his poetry.
Throughout his life, Yeats produced compelling images of his homeland for readers in Ireland and around the world. As a personal journey through Yeatss poetry and his life, PILGRIM SOUL mirrors Daniel Mulhalls own four decades as an ambassador for Ireland, its people and its culture.
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A fascinating, entertaining and convincing exploration of Yeats work, as influenced by, and as an influence on, the nation it immortalises.
-- Pat Carty * Irish Independent * This intelligent, provocative book will send you back to Yeatss work with a new appreciation and understanding. -- Andrew Lynch * Business Post * What makes this book unique is Mulhalls personal approach, shaped by his diplomatic background ...Mulhalls book stands as a fine tribute to Irish cultural achievements -- Sonja Tiernan * The Irish Post * A readable attempt to understand the enigma that is Yeats and his efforts to reconcile his background and personal ideals with the emerging new order. -- Fergus Mulligan * The Irish Times *
DANIEL MULHALL is a retired diplomat who has served as Irelands Ambassador in Kuala Lumpur, Berlin, London and Washington, and was a member of the Irish Governments delegation at the negotiations that produced the Good Friday Agreement of 1998. Since his retirement in 2022, he has been Global Distinguished Professor of Irish Studies at Glucksman Ireland House, New York University, Parnell Fellow at Magdalene College, Cambridge University, and a Fellow at the Institute of Politics, Harvard University. Throughout his diplomatic career, he lectured and published widely on Irish history and literature and, in 2022, he produced the bestselling and critically acclaimed Ulysses: A Readers Odyssey (New Island Books). He is a consultant with the global law firm DLA Piper and Honorary President of the Yeats Society, Sligo.
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