# Mr. W. B. Yeats — Heretics character guide

> Mr. W. B. Yeats in Heretics by G. K. Chesterton.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0014-xiii-celts-and-celtophiles

## Who they are

Irish poet and playwright, referenced in discussions of Celtic revival.

## In the story

### [Christmas and the Aesthetes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/heretics_se/chapters/vi-christmas-and-the-aesthetes)

Yeats is portrayed as a dreamer of prehistoric dances who probably does not engage in the robust traditions of Christmas.

### [XIII: Celts and Celtophiles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/heretics_se/chapters/xiii-celts-and-celtophiles)

Mentioned as a great Irish genius who discards the argument from a Celtic race, though his followers do not fully escape the Celtic argument.

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