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Discoveries: A Volume of Essays

by W. B. Yeats

Level C1 · AdvancedClassics22 chapters
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A theatrical troupe performs in a half-ruined Irish ballroom, stirring reflections on art, spirituality, and cultural identity amid decaying architecture and conflicted audiences. Amid faded grandeur and quiet despair, a search for meaning and authenticity unfolds.

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Contents

22 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

02PROPHET, PRIEST AND KING
03PERSONALITY AND THE INTELLECTUAL ESSENCES
04THE MUSICIAN AND THE ORATOR
05A BANJO PLAYER
06THE LOOKING-GLASS
07THE TREE OF LIFE
08THE PRAISE OF OLD WIVES’ TALES
09THE PLAY OF MODERN MANNERS
10HAS THE DRAMA OF CONTEMPORARY LIFE A ROOT OF ITS OWN
11WHY THE BLIND MAN IN ANCIENT TIMES WAS MADE A POET
12CONCERNING SAINTS AND ARTISTS

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