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Some Other World: the Yeats Family and the Occult

Posted on May 22, 2017 by

The moment I got there I felt in touch with some other world — a most pleasant feeling, almost an exalted feeling; but I could get no quiet, and so saw nothing. This feeling remained with me all the time, … Continue reading →

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“A Terrible Beauty is Born”: The Easter Rising

Posted on April 19, 2011 by

The Easter Rising, the armed rebellion pitting the nationalist Irish Volunteers against the British military in the city streets of Dublin from 24 April – 30 April 1916, can rarely be discussed in public discourse without reference to W.B. Yeats’s … Continue reading →

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Reading Room Log: Celebrating the Cuala Press

Posted on November 8, 2010 by

Boston College Libraries, in collaboration with the Association of College & Research Libraries, New England Chapter (Women’s Studies Interest Group), are sponsoring a seminar today at the Burns Library.  The title of the seminar is, “The Women of the Cuala … Continue reading →

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