The Countess Cathleen (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: William Butler Yeats
- First Published: 1892
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Allegory
- Time of Work: Indeterminate
- Genres: Drama, Symbolist literature
- Subjects: Folkloric or magical people, Supernatural, Legends, Folklore, Allegory, Disasters, Natural disasters, Devils or demons, Ireland or Irish people, Monsters, Peasantry or peasants, Nobility, Evolution, Celtic Twilight, Celts, Famines
- Locales: Ireland
Places Discussed
*Ireland. Island west of England occupied and governed by Great Britain during the time of this play. The seat of power resides in London, and England controls the wealth and the land. Lack of land and money causes economic hardship as extreme poverty and famine looms over the country. The impoverished peasants, who previously lost their cattle, farm implements, and fields, sell their souls to demons for food and money. Yeats believed that Ireland should be filled with holy symbols, not only from an orthodox religion but also from poetry and mysticism. These...
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