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Conrad Baker wrote a new post on the site Irish Studies 9 years, 11 months ago
The documentary we saw in class didn’t say much about Bernadette Devlin, the Catholic civil rights activist in Northern Ireland who was a major political opponent to Ian Paisley. I was curious about her role in […]
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Conrad Baker wrote a new post on the site Irish Studies 9 years, 11 months ago
The Atlantic put out this article on Yeats January 28 this year. Besides their shameless plug that Yeats had 3 poems published in their magazine the month of his death, their gloss of his career touches “Man and […]
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Conrad Baker commented on the post, The Gazebo in “In Memory of Eva Gore-Booth and Con Markiewicz”, on the site Irish Studies 10 years ago
Wow, considering what you’ve said here I noticed the binary of the two girls, one old and “condemned to death,” (England) and one younger but “withered old and skeleton-gaunt, / An image of such politics” that […]
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Conrad Baker wrote a new post on the site Irish Studies 10 years ago
Yeats poems are full of raptors, full of birds in general, really. There are so many bird moments and bird poems that it’s easy to forget just how much these collections use bird images or symbols. It can be […]
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Conrad Baker wrote a new post on the site Irish Studies 10 years, 1 month ago
The Arthurian language in “The Fisherman” threw me off a little. Medieval chivalry, Arthurian legend, and the dueling tradition of calling someone out as “knave” and “craven” is about as English as it gets. When […]
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Conrad Baker wrote a new post on the site Irish Studies 10 years, 1 month ago
Yeats gives extremely specific stage directions in The Only Jealousy of Emer, which is unusual in the plays that I’ve read. Now I’m not a drama expert, but I found it strange that the stage directions were so […]
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Rob Doggett and Conrad Baker are now friends 10 years, 1 month ago
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Conrad Baker replied to the topic Yeats' Transitional Period Style: "Upon a House Shaken by the Land Agitation” in the forum Irish Studies 10 years, 1 month ago
It is just troubling considering Yeats’ heavy involvement in movements for Irish cultural independence. One would think that one of the greatest poets of all time would anticipate this misinterpretation, assuming that it is a misinterpretation.
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Conrad Baker replied to the topic Yeats' Transitional Period Style: "Upon a House Shaken by the Land Agitation” in the forum Irish Studies 10 years, 1 month ago
Wow, the “logic” of the poem (logic seems to be a problematic term in Yeats) clearly legitimizes the rule of aristocracy by virtue of their “gifts that govern men, and after these / To gradual Time’s last gift, a written speech / Wrought of high laughter, loveliness and ease?”. In other words, their appreciation for useless things, possession of…[Read more]
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Conrad Baker replied to the topic The Gaelic Fountain in the forum Irish Studies 10 years, 1 month ago
I think this idea is really helpful for understanding early Yeats’ obsession with “Celtic racial pride,” if it can be called that, and the implications he saw in it for the global community. His early poems are deeply infused with exactly that kind of “beauty of the old anew” vibe, painting the ancient Irish landscape and geography and mythology…[Read more]
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Conrad Baker wrote a new post on the site Irish Studies 10 years, 1 month ago
Some Context: Tommy Tiernan is one of Ireland’s most highly awarded standup comedians, winning international awards every 2 or 3 years since 1996. He’s still a huge mainstream act. I was amazed by the common ideas […]
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Conrad Baker joined the group Irish Studies 10 years, 2 months ago
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Conrad Baker became a registered member 10 years, 2 months ago