Vol. 14 (2024): Yeatses. The Yeatsian Multiverse
Sezione monografica / Monographic Section

The Yeatsian Henry More

Roberto Bondì
Università della Calabria

Published 2024-08-02

Keywords

  • Henry More,
  • W.B. Yeats,
  • Anima Mundi,
  • Great Memory,
  • Unconscious

How to Cite

Bondì, R. (2024). The Yeatsian Henry More. Studi Irlandesi. A Journal of Irish Studies, 14, 59–71. https://doi.org/10.36253/SIJIS-2239-3978-15480

Abstract

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.