AE (George William Russell): A Study of a Man and a Nation by Darrell Figgis (En

Description: AE (George William Russell) by Darrell Figgis George William Russell, better known as Æ (1867-1935), mystic, poet, painter, journalist, editor, and practical rural economist, was a pivotal figure in the Irish literary revival and in the emergence of modern Ireland. From the beginning of the twentieth century he formed life-long friendships with W. B. Yeats, George Moore, Lord Dunsany, James Stephens, Stephen Mackenna (translator of the Enneads of Plotinus), James Joyce, and other writers, thinkers, and artists, and was closely associated with the Irish National Theatre Society (later the Abbey Theatre). This early study of Æ, first published in 1916, offers us a glimpse into the world he inhabited, and how he was seen by those of his contemporaries with the necessary prescience to sense the wonder of the man. An account, taken from early in the book: Standish OGrady, one fair Sunday in summer, returned home a puzzled and an arrested man. He brought with him the news that he had heard, on the sea-front at Bray, the bearded figure of a young man in a tweed suit addressing the human flood before him, evangelizing . . . the ancient pagan gods of Ireland. . . . What did these people . . . want to know of Earth, the mother of us all, the Dana of ancient reverence, on whose bosom they trod unheedingly . . . or of the great Shining Ones that are houselled with her or that throng the heavenly places in hierarch on hierarchy of brightness and beauty and power. . . . Who then was this strange, wild man, whom they would not hear, and whom some few of them may have recognized as a clerk at Pims and a mere shop-assistant? And further, regarding the discourse of this young man, Æ It was not from books that this came. . . . As Æ confesses, between the ages of eighteen and thirty he hardly so much as read a newspaper. . . . His life was one of mystical experiment and experience; of study over the writings of ancient seers and initiates into the mysteries of the heavens and the earth. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Details ISBN1597313254 Author Darrell Figgis Short Title AE (GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL) 2/ Pages 168 Publisher Coracle Press Language English Edition 2nd ISBN-10 1597313254 ISBN-13 9781597313254 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 823.912 Year 2007 Birth 1882 Death 1925 Imprint Coracle Press Subtitle A Study of a Man and a Nation Illustrations Illustrations, black and white DOI 10.1604/9781597313254 UK Release Date 2007-12-06 Edition Description 2nd ed. Publication Date 2007-12-06 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:118578935;

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