• In 1917, Yeats, in his fifties, proposed first to Maud Gonne, who turned him down, and then to the 23-year-old Iseult, who did not accept either.
  • However, the brief opening section, entitled “I Saw the Queen”, is pivotal to start exploring how Gonne chose to deal with this dimension.
  • Maud Gonne was an Irish patriot, actress, and feminist. She was one of the founders of Sinn Féin (“We Ourselves”), and an early member of the theatre...
  • After a troubled childhood, Maud Gonne discovers Paris and its circle of intellectuals. Maud Gonne was born in England on December 21, 1866.
  • Maud Gonne’s name appears in Ulysses’ third episode, “Proteus”, as Stephen rummages through his recollections of his brief sojourn in Paris.
  • She was born at Tongham near Farnham, Surrey, as Edith Maud Gonne, the eldest daughter of Captain Thomas Gonne (1835–1886) of the 17th Lancers...
  • biliyoruz ki modern zamanlarda t s eliot çıkardı john donne ’ı tozlu raflardan. işte eliot değil de yeats olsaydı ateşi bulan, maud gonne için şu dizeleri okuyabilirdik...
  • Maud Gonne (1866-1953) founded Inghinidhe na hÉireann (Daughters of Erin) in 1900 to bring together Irishwomen, who at that time were excluded from political...
  • History recognizes Maud Gonne most notably as an Irish revolutionary. She was a voice for the people and the prisoners living in poor conditions.
  • Yeats had a specific poem (No Second Troy) on Maud Gonne. ... The Woman (‘her’), referred to in the very first line of the poem, is Maud Gonne.