@article{oai:nagoya.repo.nii.ac.jp:00027890,
 author = {Ishikawa, Ryuji},
 journal = {IVY},
 month = {Oct},
 note = {This essay aims to reveal that the trial of the representation of a esoteric wisdom in A Vision results in the construction of Yeats's own symbolism. In A Vision, there exist so-called "instructors" as the origin of the symbolism which is to be reconstructed there. The unintelligible beings bring about a dilemma into the text. On the one hand, they are indispensable to the symbolism in the text in order to give it a certain authority. On the other hand, however, they inevitably cause awkwardness in the text because of their doubtful existence. It is necessary that this dilemma should be resolved so that the text could accomplish the representation of the symbolism with some authenticity and credibility. For this purpose, some strategies are employed in the process of the text. In order to make the points clearer, they are divided into three aspects though they are interdependent of each other. They are "the reinforcement of the discourses of the 'instructors' by the discourses of other people," "the transition of the attitude of Yeats, the protagonist 'I,' toward the 'instructors' and toward their symbolism" and "the transition of the status of the 'instructors' and their discourses." In the first aspect, it is revealed that the fragmentary information of the "instructors" is given some authenticity by employing the concepts and thoughts of other thinkers and philosophers which seems similar to those of the "instructors." The second aspects exemplifies the process in which Yeats, the protagonist "I" grows from an incompetent student of the esoteric wisdom to a confident master of its symbolism. And the last aspect shows that the dominance of the "instructors" over the symbolism is gradually decreasing according to the growth of the protagonist. By these strategies the presence of the "instructors" is diminished and ultimately displaced from the text though their authority as the origin of the symbolism remains undeteriorated. But what is reconstructed in the text is no longer the original symbolism of the "instructors" but Yeats's own one. The reconstruction of the symbolism of the "instructor" has been transformed into the construction of his own. Therefore it is concluded that the pursuit of the esoteric wisdom of the "instructors" itself proves to be the initiation of Yeats into his own symbolism.},
 pages = {67--82},
 title = {A Mystic Initiation : Yeats's A Vision},
 volume = {27},
 year = {1994}
}