The intellectual and cultural impact of British and Irish writers cannot be assessed without reference to their reception in European countries. These essays, prepared by an international team of scholars, critics and translators, record the ways in which W. B. Yeats has been translated, evaluated and emulated in different national and linguistic areas of continental Europe. There is a remarkable split between the often politicized reception in Eastern European countries but also Spain on the one hand, and the more sober scholarly response in Western Europe on the other. Yeats's Irishness and the pre-eminence of his lyrical work have posed continuous challenges. Three further essays describe the widely divergent reactions to Yeats in his native Ireland, during his lifetime and up to the most recent years.
Series Editor: Dr Elinor Shaffer FBA, Institute of Germanic &Romance Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London
Contributors:
Rodica Albu, 'Al. I. Cuza' University of Iasi, Romania
Nicholas Allen, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jonathan Allison, University of Kentucky
Csilla Bertha, University of Debrecen, Hungary
Carle Bonafous-Murat, University of Sorbonne-Nouvelle Paris III
Eamonn R. Cantwell
Theo D'haen, K.U. Leuven (Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium)
Jolanta Dudek, Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Poland
Fiorenzo Fantaccini, University of Florence
Ljiljana Ina Gjurgjan, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Jacqueline A. Hurtley, University of Barcelona, Spain
Klaus Peter Jochum, University of Bamberg, Germany
Roger Keys, University of St. Andrews
