The Artifice of Eternity in Yeats’s “Sailing to Byzantium” (Part 2)

Subtext: Conversations about Classic Books and Films
16/06/2025 41 min
The Artifice of Eternity in Yeats’s “Sailing to Byzantium” (Part 2)

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Wes & Erin continue their discussion of Yeats’s "Sailing to Byzantium," and whether creativity can help us transcend mortality, and how artists should conceive of their relationships to nature and posterity.

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