Visions and Revisions

In a short poem composed near the end of his life, W.B. Yeats wrote: 'Out of Ireland we have come. /Great hatred, little room, /Maimed us from the start'. Over sixty years later, Yeats’s despair (or statement of fact), has maintained its relevance for understanding Ireland, and will continue to do so for years to ... Read more

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