English @ SUNY Geneseo | Conrad Baker | Activity https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/members/cab30/activity/ Activity feed for Conrad Baker. Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:23:02 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 99b53b0c065791ea3155fd40942fbd49 Conrad Baker wrote a new post on the site Irish Studies http://irishstudies.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=270 Tue, 22 Apr 2014 01:55:32 -0500 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 […]

]]> 4b87008100b47f48c54dc2ab330da730 Conrad Baker wrote a new post on the site Irish Studies http://irishstudies.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=193 Wed, 09 Apr 2014 05:05:52 -0500 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 […]

]]> 6420908f0a04c36a373e9ae4e540d28e Conrad Baker commented on the post, The Gazebo in "In Memory of Eva Gore-Booth and Con Markiewicz" , on the site Irish Studies http://irishstudies.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/03/24/the-gazebo-in-in-memory-of-eva-gore-booth-and-con-markiewicz/#comment-110 Wed, 26 Mar 2014 02:05:48 -0500 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 […]

]]> 781a901ded100a1d5a5d751d3dc29da2 Conrad Baker wrote a new post on the site Irish Studies http://irishstudies.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=148 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 02:20:45 -0500 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 […]

]]> 8de653a56f3e67eafb351348de965a14 Conrad Baker wrote a new post on the site Irish Studies http://irishstudies.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/02/20/is-yeats-too-english/ Thu, 20 Feb 2014 05:32:48 -0500 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 […]

]]> 443f3dfc52f78dff3d6bee0765f41fcc Conrad Baker wrote a new post on the site Irish Studies http://irishstudies.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/02/18/stage-directions-in-the-only-jealousy-of-emer/ Tue, 18 Feb 2014 21:12:42 -0500 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 […]

]]> 96cbf6579950fd744a235c4d381d891a Conrad Baker replied to the topic Yeats' Transitional Period Style: "Upon a House Shaken by the Land Agitation” in the forum Irish Studies http://sunygeneseoenglish.org/groups/irish-studies/forum/topic/yeats-transitional-period-style-upon-a-house-shaken-by-the-land-agitation/#post-236 Thu, 13 Feb 2014 19:59:40 -0500 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.

]]> b19049eb5c31c5ecc1f9079e2cc5f58e Conrad Baker replied to the topic Yeats' Transitional Period Style: "Upon a House Shaken by the Land Agitation” in the forum Irish Studies http://sunygeneseoenglish.org/groups/irish-studies/forum/topic/yeats-transitional-period-style-upon-a-house-shaken-by-the-land-agitation/#post-235 Thu, 13 Feb 2014 19:55:04 -0500 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]

]]> f9498a3afc311b6195a01b5b9efb54b5 Conrad Baker replied to the topic The Gaelic Fountain in the forum Irish Studies http://sunygeneseoenglish.org/groups/irish-studies/forum/topic/the-gaelic-fountain/#post-222 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 21:20:45 -0500 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]

]]> 7e9d463b7c93e092169b5bb8f475f752 Conrad Baker wrote a new post on the site Irish Studies http://irishstudies.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/02/05/douglas-hyde-and-tommy-tiernan/ Wed, 05 Feb 2014 03:37:16 -0500 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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