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Samuel Beckett, W. B. Yeats, and Jack Yeats: Images and Words

1992; Modern Humanities Research Association; Volume: 87; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2307/3732976

2222-4319

Mary Bryden, Gordon Armstrong,

Irish and British Studies

In contrast to the many critics who consider W. B. Yeats a dominant influence on Beckett's drama, this study demonstrates that the two are almost diametrically opposed in their theater and that the real bridge to Beckett's art is to be found in the narrative and pictorial creations of the younger Yeats brother, Jack.