Transition, Reception and Modernism
Transition, Reception and Modernism by R. Greaves is a scholarly examination published by Palgrave Macmillan UK in January 2002. This softcover reprint of the original first edition spans 197 pages and is presented in English. The book delves into the poetry of W.B. Yeats from 1902 to 1916, challenging the prevailing notion in literary criticism that categorizes Yeats’ work as strictly ‘modernist.’
Readers will find that Greaves offers an alternative perspective on Yeats’ transition during this period by situating his poems within the context of his life. The study aims to resurrect Yeats the poet from the confines of modernism, revealing intricate connections between the poet’s identity within his works and the external influences shaping him. This exploration touches on themes relevant to literary criticism, modern poetry, and the historical backdrop of 20th-century Europe.
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In this study of Yeats’ poetry between 1902 and 1916, Greaves strongly reacts to the tendency in literary criticism to categorize Yeats’ work as ‘modernist’, Instead, Greaves offer a different way of looking at the transition in Yeats’ work in this period, by examining the poems in the context of Yeats’ life. As a result, the figure of Yeats the poet is resurrected from the exhaustive category of ‘modernism’ and the complex connections between the figure of Yeats within the poems and its relationship with the Yeats who exists outside them is revealed.
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