Chronology Entry
Year
1921
Text
Yeats, W.B. When Loie Fuller's Chinese dancers enwound. In : Yeats, W.B. Thoughts upon the present state of the world. In : Dial ; vol. 71, no 3 (Sept. 1921). http://www.gutenberg.org/files/31959/31959-h/31959-h.htm
When Loie Fuller's Chinese dancers enwound
A shining web, a floating ribbon of cloth,
It seemed that a dragon of air
Had fallen among dancers, had whirled them round
Or hurried them off on its own furious path;
So the platonic year
Whirls out new right and wrong
Whirls in the old instead;
All men are dancers and their tread
Goes to the barbarous clangour of gong.
Madison Morrison : Yeats's figure of the dragon combines its destructive western with its restorative Chinese powers.
When Loie Fuller's Chinese dancers enwound
A shining web, a floating ribbon of cloth,
It seemed that a dragon of air
Had fallen among dancers, had whirled them round
Or hurried them off on its own furious path;
So the platonic year
Whirls out new right and wrong
Whirls in the old instead;
All men are dancers and their tread
Goes to the barbarous clangour of gong.
Madison Morrison : Yeats's figure of the dragon combines its destructive western with its restorative Chinese powers.
Mentioned People (1)
Yeats, William Butler
(Dublin 1865-1939 Hotel Ideal Séjour, Menton) : Dichter, Dramatiker, Schriftsteller, Nobelpreisträger
Subjects
Literature : Occident : Ireland
Documents (1)
| # | Year | Bibliographical Data | Type / Abbreviation | Linked Data |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2010 |
Morrison, Madison. More Asian importations in Yeats, Eliot and Pound. http://www.madisonmorrison.com/books/particular-and-universal /more-asian-importations-in-yeats-eliot-and-pound.html. |
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