Ideas of Good and Evil

"Ideas of Good and Evil" by William Butler Yeats is a collection of essays about art written during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In the book, Yeats shares thoughts on symbolism versus allegory, art as "the theatre of commerce" versus art as a "great passion." He also touches on the mystery of what makes great art rather than popular art by comparing the artistic life with the spiritual life of the religious mystic — an exciting collection of brilliant writing for everyone interested in the history of arts and culture.