W. B. Yeats
1) The poems
Author
Series
(William Butler),Works volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Poems (1920) is a collection of poems and plays by W.B. Yeats. Containing many of the poet's early important works, Poems illuminates Yeats' influence on the Celtic Twilight, a late-nineteenth century movement to revive the myths and traditions of Ancient Ireland.
The collection opens with Yeats' verse drama The Countess Cathleen, which he dedicated to the actress and revolutionary Maud Gonne. Set during a period of famine in Ireland, The Countess...
Author
Publisher
Roberts Rinehart
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (156 pages)
Language
English
Description
"Arranged in chronological sequence, The Secret Rose offers a glimpse of all Yeats' styles-beginning with his youthful romantic idealism and ending with his more outspoken, sardonic treatment of sexuality."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Red Wheel Weiser
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (23 pages)
Language
English
Description
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Author
Publisher
Scribner Poetry
Pub. Date
c2002
Edition
Rev. ed.
Physical Desc
xxii, 566 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Throughout his long life, William Butler Yeats produced important works in every literary genre. His early poetry is memorable and moving. His poems and plays of middle age address the human condition with language that has entered our vocabulary for cataclysmic personal and world events. The writings of his final years offer wisdom, courage, humor, and sheer technical virtuosity. The Yeats reader is the most comprehensive single volume to display...