{"product_id":"paperblanks-yeats-easter-1916-ultra-hardback-journal-lined-144-pages-pb3480-3","title":"Paperblanks Yeats, Easter 1916 Ultra Hardback Journal – Lined, 144 Pages","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCapture your ideas, plans and memories in this Yeats, Easter 1916 ultra hardback journal from Paperblanks, with 144 lined pages of 120 gsm acid-free paper.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe honour the genius of W.B. Yeats and his poem “Easter, 1916,” in this journal emblazoned with his handwriting. “Easter, 1916” is a powerful expression of Yeats coming to terms with the tragic events of the Easter Rising rebellion staged in Ireland in 1916. He wrote the poem that same year, but did not publish it until 1921.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe Story Behind the Design\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam Butler Yeats (1865–1939) was a pillar of both the Irish and British literary scenes in the 20th century. A driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival, Yeats was a poet, founder of the Abbey Theatre, Nobel Laureate and proud Irishman. With this Embellished Manuscript, we honour the genius of W.B. Yeats and his masterful yet devastating poem “Easter, 1916.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Easter, 1916” is a powerful expression of Yeats coming to terms with the tragic events of the Easter Rising rebellion staged in Ireland on Easter Monday, April 24, 1916. When the uprising failed and the leaders were executed for treason, public opinion swung from anger toward the “Volunteers” who led the rebellion, to passionate Irish nationalism. Though he was a committed national, Yeats rejected violence as a means to secure independence and had trouble coming to terms with the events that had transpired. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe began writing the poem almost immediately after the Easter Rising, but it wasn’t published until 1921 when the Irish War of Independence was ending, resulting in the country’s self-rule. In the poem, published in his collection \u003cem\u003eMichael Robartes and the Dancer,\u003c\/em\u003e Yeats admits that he had maintained a certain distance from the revolutionary movement. Like many in Ireland, he was horrified and forever changed by the event. These feelings are summed up by the lines “All changed, changed utterly: A terrible beauty is born.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYeats became the standard-bearer for Ireland’s literary and cultural identity and, when he was awarded the 1923 Nobel Prize in Literature, he sought to highlight the symbolic value of an Irish winner so soon after the country had gained independence. In reply to those congratulating him, Yeats wrote: “I consider that this honour has come to me less as an individual than as a representative of Irish literature, it is part of Europe’s welcome to the Free State.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether one regards him as a hero of Irish culture or simply a magnificent English-language writer, one cannot deny Yeats’ influence as a Symbolist poet. 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