How does W.B. Yeats utilize the concept of myth to reconcile the contradictions of his aging process and his evolving poetic vision? Daniel Albright, a scholar of modernist literature, examines the late-career works of W.B. Yeats to determine how the poet constructed and subsequently dismantled his own mythological frameworks. By analyzing the tension between Yeats's occult interests and his grounded historical observations, Albright argues that the poet's later work functions as a self-correcting mechanism that constantly challenges its own symbolic foundations.

Scholars frequently cite this work as a rigorous exploration of Yeats's intellectual development during his final decades. Experts note that the text requires a high level of familiarity with Yeats's primary poetic corpus to fully grasp the nuances of Albright's critical arguments.