The complete online text of Rosa Alchemica by William Butler Yeats.

William Butler Yeats, probably the twentieth century's greatest poet in English and certainly one of its most complex men, was born in the Dublin suburb of Sandymount on 13 June 1865. He was the eldest of the four surviving children, all brilliant, of a...

William Butler Yeats , probably the twentieth century's greatest poet in English and certainly one of its most complex men, was born in the Dublin suburb of Sandymount on 13 June 1865. He was the eldest of the four surviving children, all brilliant, of a...

Although the reputation of William Butler Yeats rests primarily on his poetry, the drama remained one of the central concerns throughout his long career. As he explained in 1917, "I need a theatre; I believe myself to be a dramatist; I desire to show eve...

SHE HAD NO army behind her. The law was against her. Only a few people knew her name. But Rosa Parks's individual act of courage and determination on Dec. 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Ala., ultimately changed a way of life, moving the nation closer...

MADRID Bleda and Rosa GALERÃA FÃCARES Better than any of Bleda and Rosa's other endeavors, the "Origin" series (2003-) realizes the project underpinning their work as a whole. Interested in neither landscape nor ornament, this project is characterized by an impulse...