Preface to Second Edition
To this edition four essays have been added. Two of these, “Thoughts for a Convention” and “The New Nation,” made some little stir when they first appeared. Ireland since then has passed away from the mood which made it possible to consider the reconciliations suggested, and has set its heart on more fundamental changes, and these essays have only interest as marking a moment of transition in national life before it took a new road leading to another destiny.
CONTENTS
PREFACE
PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION
NATIONALITY OR COSMOPOLITANISM
STANDISH O’GRADY
THE DRAMATIC TREATMENT OF LEGEND
THE CHARACTER OF HEROIC LITERATURE
A POET OF SHADOWS
THE BOYHOOD OF A POET
THE POETRY OF JAMES STEPHENS
A NOTE ON SEUMAS O’SULLIVAN
ART AND LITERATURE
AN ARTIST OF GAELIC IRELAND
TWO IRISH ARTISTS
“ULSTER”
IDEALS OF THE NEW RURAL SOCIETY
THOUGHTS FOR A CONVENTION
THE NEW NATION
THE SPIRITUAL CONFLICT
ON AN IRISH HILL
RELIGION AND LOVE
THE RENEWAL OF YOUTH
THE HERO IN MAN
THE MEDITATION OF ANANDA
THE MIDNIGHT BLOSSOM
THE CHILDHOOD OF APOLLO
THE MASK OF APOLLO
THE CAVE OF LILITH
THE STORY OF A STAR
A DREAM OF ANGUS OGE
DEIRDRE
ACT I.
ACT II.
ACT III.
NOTE TO THOUGHTS FOR A CONVENTION