writing, was a tragic beauty. Loving herrnreflected favorably on Yeats’s own sensitivity,rnon his fineness of perception, andrnon his capacity for suffering and endurance.rnIn contrast, Foster’s chronologicallyrndescribed Gonne is, not to mincernwords, an unstable crackpot whom onlyrna rather peculiar man could have lovedrnso ineffectively for so long.rnIn a book in which many people believernand do strange things, MaudrnGonne did some of the strangest of all.rnShe attempted to reincarnate a deadrnchild bv coupling with her French loverrnon the dead child’s grave. Later on, havingrnlong protested her dislike of sex tornYeats, she married a known Irish terroristrnwho abused her and her young daughter.rnYeats, who knew nothing about thernSUIanwnl of OwRMrahlp, U«n>s«m*nl, and CIrcuUtlonrn7!,M.MJ.i.LrnlUWll tllfll-t04lrnSjjtmtiat 1. i » irntotKin* l u t l n i l . tU •rnT>., WM.,d I » t l . . t . »» «. h U llIMl. tot^tmT*. It illOVlMIrn._rn• ~ —rn•r-TSTrn. » . – _rn, – ~ _rn—sr’rn——”” B-H.—rn: . ,…„_ .. _ „ . . . e.,,.,.rn• ~ . M i . w . . . a » ^rn=__rn”‘Siriniriir'”-—rn”Siss:r.’ss:;.’=:.rn^ ‘ , ^ ” ” •rn” T . . • rrn___, _rn•.»-«.»««. ^rnok^^wMH* yrn„ , _ — . _rn« . _ â„¢ ^rn•>^a-«-
January 1975April 21, 2022By The Archive
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