Tragic Joy - W.B. Yeats and On Bailey’s Strand

Exploring the life and work of W.B Yeats with Edward Chessun, an english teacher, writer and lover of poetry.

From the conversation emerges the Nietzschean theme of 'Tragic Joy,' the social importance of theatre, the love of one's destiny and the source of freedom.

 

Books mentioned in the episode:

Madhouse at the End of the Earth - by Julian Sancton

The Ten Symphonies of Gorka Konig - by Ian Dallas

W. B. Yeats - The Major Works

 

Music by Ian Cattanach