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ISSN : 1226-4946(Print)
ISSN : 2288-5412(Online)
The Yeats Journal of Korea Vol.35 pp.5-23
DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.14354/yjk.2011.35.5

A Study on the Political Meanings of Maud Gonne Reflected in Yeats's Poems in 1910s and 1920s

Kim Jooseong

Abstract

As Maud Gonne had been regarded as one of the most important factors inYeats’s life and literature, this study aims to analyze her images reflected in thepoet’s poems which were published in 1910s and 1920s. Maud Gonne is presentedas a political icon of that time in Ireland in Yeats’s poems.
Unlike his early poems, where Maud Gonne is idealized as a goddess, a heroicfigure of unbounded nobility and courage, Yeats presents her as a tragic warriorwho devotes herself to political activities for violence and destruction in this period.At the same time, Yeats shows his holding back of approving Gonne’s political roleof female warrior. The number of poems related to Maud Gonne also is decreasedwhen Yeats realizes that Maud Gonne devoted herself too much on the politicalmatters.

예이츠의 중기시에 나타난 모드 곤의 정치적 의미*

김주성
단국대

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