The Plays of W.B. Yeats: Yeats and the Dancer

by S. Ellis

Overview

This book investigates Yeats's experiments with the media of language and dance in his plays. He was allied to other artists of the 1890s in his fascination with the biblical dancer Salome and in his preoccupation with things Japanese, particularly 'Noh' Theatre with its central dance. The impact of Diaghliev's Ballets Russes also played its part in influencing Yeats's drama, and his interest in the 'dance-as-meaning' debate places him firmly not only in his time but also in our own.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333604984
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	11/30/1994
Series:	Yeats and the Dancer
Edition description:	1994
Pages:	372
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.04(d)

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations - Foreword - Acknowledgements - Introduction - The Figure of the Dancer: Salome - Japan, Japonisme and Japonaiserie - The Dancer in Performance - Dialogue into Dance: The Plays of Yeats - Conclusion - Bibliography - Index