Gordon Tait
Joseph Skipsey, the 'peasant poet', and an unpublished letter from W. B. Yeats
Tait, Gordon
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Abstract
This article examines an unpublished letter from Yeats to the ‘pitman-poet’ Joseph Skipsey, which gives new insight into the early career of Yeats and a deeper understanding of the possibilities and capabilities of the Victorian working-classes. It argues that, in Skipsey, Yeats found an English equivalent to the Irish peasant poet, a figure whose life and poetry was central to Yeats’s vision of Ireland and his nation’s literary revival. The article contends that, following the discovery of a letter from Yeats, Skipsey’s poetry and influence should be considered outside the bounds of the Pre-Raphaelite clique within which he is usually located.
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Tait, G. (2016). Joseph Skipsey, the 'peasant poet', and an unpublished letter from W. B. Yeats. Literature and History, 25(2), 134-149. https://doi.org/10.1177/0306197316669264
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jul 25, 2016 |
Online Publication Date | Nov 7, 2016 |
Publication Date | 2016-11 |
Deposit Date | Jun 29, 2016 |
Publicly Available Date | Nov 7, 2016 |
Journal | Literature and history |
Print ISSN | 0306-1973 |
Publisher | SAGE Publications |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 25 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 134-149 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1177/0306197316669264 |
Keywords | Literature and Literary Theory; History |
Public URL | https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/440536 |
Publisher URL | http://lah.sagepub.com/content/early/2016/10/18/0306197316669264.abstract |
Additional Information | This is the author's accepted version of an article accepted for publication in Literature and History. |
Contract Date | Jun 29, 2016 |
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