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The influence of Hindu, Buddhist and Muslim thought on Yeat's poetry

Yeats was part of a late nineteenth-century European literary movement which, dissatisfied with Western tradition, both scientific and religious, looked towards the Orient for enlightemnent. Unlike Pound, who sought solace in Japanese and Chinese sources, Yeats went to Indian philosophy and literature in his quest for "metaphors for poetry," and he remained a constant student of the Indian view of life. [...]

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.43759
Date January 1966
CreatorsIslam, Shamsul
ContributorsHeuser, A. (Supervisor)
PublisherMcGill University
Source SetsLibrary and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
Formatapplication/pdf
CoverageMaster of Arts (Department of English.)
RightsAll items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated.
Relationalephsysno: 000845611, proquestno: AAIMK00821, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest.

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