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Readers of James Merrill's poetry have long noted affinities and contrasts between Merrill and Yeats. This Composite Voice is the first in depth examination of the extensive history and particularly vexed nature of this lifelong poetic relationship. It draws on little-known biographical material, uncollected poems, manuscript variants, and annotations found in Merrill's copies of Yeats poems, essays, and A Vision , as well as a close examination of Merrill's better-known writing, to establish the many ways in which Merrill contends with the older poet's haunting personality and poetic accomplishment.
Contents
INTRODUCTION CHAPTER ONE Prelude: Merrillian Influence, Kimon Friar, and Yeats; Yeats in Merrill's Early Poems: Moving from Floodedness to Struggle CHAPTER TWO Prelude: First Readings of Yeats's A Vision; Braving the Fire: Postures of Nonchalance in the Early Ouija Board Poems; Interlude: Returning to Yeats's A Vision Merrill's Dialogues of Self and Soul CHAPTER THREE Prelude: Reading Yeats's Essays and Introductions; Observing Yeats through Merrill's Changing Lights I. Yeats in "Ephraim": The Master's Ghostly Presence II. Yeats in Mirabell: Parody and Affiliation III. Yeats in Scripts: Abjection and Apotheosis IV. Yeats in "The Higher Keys": Fading into Mastery CHAPTER FOUR A Haunted Mastery: Yeats after Sandover; Coda: Yeats's Merrill, Merrill's Bloom
