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This chapter examines the influence of Blakean prophetic archetypes on Yeats’ two millenarian plays: Where There Is Nothing[aut]Yeats, W.B.works, drama and The Unicorn from the Stars[aut]Yeats, W.B.works, drama. It details the representation of male visionary ability and its individualism, and the consequences this perspective has for marginalised characters like Biddy Lally, an ostracised traveller and female visionary. The chapter considers how Blake’s ideas interact with Yeats’ contemporary influence, the Hermetic Order of the Golden DawnHermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, The. The chapter then details Yeats’ and Russell’s later connection through their mystic tracts, A Vision (both versions) and The Candle of Vision[aut]Russell ‘Æ’, George Williamworks, both of which draw on Blake’s representations of mysticism and visionary ability. The chapter connects Russell’s visions of community and truth with Blake’s definitions of prophecy and vision. It also considers the tension between Yeats’ adherence to ideas of fate in A Vision and Blake’s critiques of predestination, and Russell’s self-distancing from his old friend’s mystic system.

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Twentieth-Century Blakeans: Community and Secrecy in the Later Works of Yeats and Russell

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    2025年

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  • Jodie Marley

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This chapter examines the influence of Blakean prophetic archetypes on Yeats’ two millenarian plays: Where There Is Nothing[aut]Yeats, W.B.works, drama and The Unicorn from the Stars[aut]Yeats, W.B.works, drama. It details the representation of male visionary ability and its individualism, and the consequences this perspective has for marginalised characters like Biddy Lally, an ostracised traveller and female visionary. The chapter considers how Blake’s ideas interact with Yeats’ contemporary influence, the Hermetic Order of the Golden DawnHermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, The. The chapter then details Yeats’ and Russell’s later connection through their mystic tracts, A Vision (both versions) and The Candle of Vision[aut]Russell ‘Æ’, George Williamworks, both of which draw on Blake’s representations of mysticism and visionary ability. The chapter connects Russell’s visions of community and truth with Blake’s definitions of prophecy and vision. It also considers the tension between Yeats’ adherence to ideas of fate in A Vision and Blake’s critiques of predestination, and Russell’s self-distancing from his old friend’s mystic system.