The Yeatsian Henry More

Henry More, a Cambridge Platonist, was a significant influence on William B. Yeats, the greatest English-language poet of the 20th century. The aim of this essay is to show the presence of some Morean philosophical themes, particularly that of anima mundi, in Yeats’s work.

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Main Author: Roberto Bondì
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Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2024-08-01
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Online Access:https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/bsfm-sijis/article/view/15480
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