Yeats, On the Boiler, the Aesthetics of Cultural Disintegration and the Program for Renewal "of our own rich experience"

In On the Boiler, W.B. Yeats depicts the collapse of his paradigm for Ireland's renewal through culture and discerns the seeds for a new cultural movement rooted in education and eugenics. Through education and eugenics, Yeats foresees the rebirth of a new paradigm of cultural nationalism engendered in the "rich experience" of the Irish people and achieving an end very much akin to his earlier paradigm, with a significant addition: Yeats thought to extend his program for cultural renewal beyond the grave. He hoped to foster, through education and eugenics, a like-minded community of believers who would be able to enter into communion with the spirits of men of genius, including himself.