Date of Award
1976
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Pearce, Howard D.
Abstract
W. B. Yeats drew upon many philosophies for symbols that he used in his poetry and plays. Pythagoreanism, as one of these philosophies, formed the basis for much of his numerical and musical symbolism. Four major Pythagorean concepts--number, antithesis, geometry, and music--became essential patterns in Yeats's work, particularly in his Noh plays. At the Hawk's Well exemplifies all of these concepts, and dramatizes their philosophical and symbolic implications. The Pythagorean symbols possess a tangible power as religious symbols, and Yeats called upon them to infuse his work with order, dimension, and a multiplicity of meanings, as he used them to represent his eternal search for Unity of Being.
Extent
87 p.
Recommended Citation
JOHNSON, MARA LOUISE, "YEATS'S "AT THE HAWK'S WELL": PYTHAGOREAN IMPLICATIONS" (1976). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1970 - 1979. 510.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_2/510
Identifier
FADT13807
Comments
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1976.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters