The authorized canon of one of the world's most beloved poets, this is a collection of every poem William Butler Yeats approved for publication during his lifetime.
This collection includes every poem Yeats approved for publication during his lifetime, as well as a preface, appendices, notes, and an index by Yeats scholar Richard Finneran.
This edition of 211 of Yeats's poems and four of his plays is organized chronologically, and also includes a foreword, an introduction, a glossary, a bibliography, an index, and comprehensive notes by Yeats scholar M. L. Rosenthal.
This brand new collection, impeccably edited by James Pethica, presents a comprehensive selection of Yeats's major contributions in poetry, drama, prose fiction, autobiography, and criticism.
This enthralling anthology of Irish legends and tales of the occult is composed of three classic collections--"The Celtic Twilight, The Secret Rose", and "Stories of Red Hanrahan"--and reflects Ireland's greatest poet's deep and abiding interest in preserving and celebrating Irish history and culture.
Rooted in myth, occult mysteries, and belief in magic, these stories are populated by a lively cast of sorcerers, fairies, ghosts, and nature spirits. The great Irish poet heard these enchanting, mystical tales from Irish peasants, and the stories' anthropologic significance is matched by their timeless entertainment value.
A leader of the 20th-century Irish nationalist movement, William Butler Yeats is also among that nation's greatest poets. This selection includes poetry from every period of his life, dealing with: love, death, old age, ambition, the poet's craft, and the history and destiny of Ireland.
A murderer becomes the toast of the village as his charm negates his crime. A young countess saves her tenants from starvation, but only by selling her soul to the Devil. The sleepy parish of Nyadnanave sees a vision of a cockerel that dares the inhabitants to break the shackles of Church and State. All these plays were met with moral outrage and ...
Rich selection of 134 poems published between 1889 and 1914: "Lake Isle of Innisfree," "When You Are Old," "Down by the Salley Gardens," many more. Note. Alphabetical lists of titles and first lines.
India's only Nobel laureate, Rabindranath Tagore, was one of the most important writers in 20th-century Indian literature. Among his expansive and impressive body of work, "Gitanjali" is regarded as one of his greatest achievements, and has been a perennial bestseller since it was first published in paperback in 1971.
lliam Butler Yeats was a poet, a mystic, an initiate of the Golden Dawn -- arguably the most influential esoteric order in the Western magical tradition. In The Celtic Twilight, he returns to his roots in Irish folklore to call up a dazzling array of sorcerers, faeries, ghosts, and nature spirits. The result is an enchanting tribute to the ...
This compilation of all the poems from "The Wild Swans at Coole" (1919) and "Michael Robartes and the Dancer" (1921) includes "The Second Coming," "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death," many more.
The classic introduction to Ireland's folklore--the only edition approved by the Yeats estate--this treasury of the greatest and most representative Irish folk and fairy tales grandly brings to life the sounds, the feel, and the magic of Ireland and its people.
This book was highly influenced by Yeats's experiments with automatic writing, conducted by his wife. The results led, among other things, to an esoteric theory of history based on the phases of the moon.
Ireland's greatest and most influential poet: Yeats's poems express both powerful personal feelings and something of the whole human dilemma of the 20th century.
Throughout his long life, William Butler Yeats -- Irish writer and premier lyric poet in English in this century -- produced important works in every literary genre, works of astonishing range, energy, erudition, beauty, and skill. His early poetry is memorable and moving. His poems and plays of middle age address the human condition with language ...
In this extraordinary memoir, Novel Prize winner William Butler Yeats writes with candor and insight about his life from childhood to late middle age. He includes his association with various literary and political figures, his role in the founding of the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, and his interest in the occult. Throughout, he seeks to find ...
In this extraordinary memoir, Novel Prize winner William Butler Yeats writes with candor and insight about his life from childhood to late middle age. He includes his association with various literary and political figures, his role in the founding of the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, and his interest in the occult. Throughout, he seeks to find ...
Treasury of 64 tales from the world of Celtic myth and legend: "The Soul Cages," "The Kildare Pooka," "King O'Toole and his Goose," more. Introduction, Notes by W. B. Yeats.
The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats, Volume V: Later Essays is part of a fourteen-volume series overseen by eminent Yeats scholars Richard J. Finneran and George Mills Harper. The series includes virtually all of the Nobel laureate's published work, with authoritative and explanatory textual notes. The Later Essays brings together for the first ...
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