Two interpretations of mask: a study in Nietzsche and Yeats

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dc.contributor.advisorSpears, Monroe K.en_US
dc.creatorMuirhead, Ernest Ericen_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-18T21:20:27Zen_US
dc.date.available2018-12-18T21:20:27Zen_US
dc.date.issued1975en_US
dc.description.abstractBecause the issue of Friedrich Nietzsche's influence upon William Butler Yeats has been recently addressed by a number of Yeats scholars, and because their arguments are often marred by misconceptions of Nietzsche's thought, this study undertakes, for the sake of a clearer picture of the aesthetic views of each of these men, a detailed analysis of one concept, that of the mask, for which it has been claimed by certain Yeats critics (Richard Ellmann especially) that a definite and important case of Nietzsche's influence upon Yeats does exist. In Chapter One a review of the literature on Nietzsche in Yeats criticism undertakes to clarify basic misconceptions, which can only serve as obstacles to a proper comprehension of Nietzsche's concept of mask* Chapter Two analyzes this concept as it was developed by Nietzsche over three books; The Gay Science, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, and Beyond Good and Evil, The exegesis makes clear that by this concept Nietzsche meant a form of concealment. Chapter Three then analyzes Yeats's concept of mask, drawing upon writings composed as early as 194, and concludes that by "mask" Yeats meant a form of revelation. The word "mask" is thus seen to denote very different things, as employed by each man in his mature writings, and the question of an influence on this point is then argued to need a fundamental re-interpretation.en_US
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dc.identifier.callnoThesis Engl. 1975 Muirheaden_US
dc.identifier.citationMuirhead, Ernest Eric. "Two interpretations of mask: a study in Nietzsche and Yeats." (1975) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/104290">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/104290</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.digitalRICE1922en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/104290en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
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dc.titleTwo interpretations of mask: a study in Nietzsche and Yeatsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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thesis.degree.departmentEnglishen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineHumanitiesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen_US
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