Homeward (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: George William Russell
- First Published: 1894
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Genres: Poetry
- Subjects: Philosophy or philosophers, Poetry or poets, Spiritual life or spirituality, Spiritualism, Ireland or Irish people, Great Britain, Celtic Twilight, Celts, Theosophy
Critical Evaluation:
George William Russell’s pen name was Æ. His first volume of poems appeared during a turbulent moment of Irish history when political turmoil was bound together with religious and cultural strife. In Homeward, Æ attempted, through awakening his readers’ spiritual insights, to bring balm to his strife-torn country.
Throughout the nineteenth century, many in Ireland had been trying to change the political status of their country from colony of England to independent nation. Irish representatives argued in the British parliament, and there...
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