The Yeats reader
a portable compendium of poetry, drama, and prose
Rev. ed.
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Author
Contributions
- Finneran, Richard J. - Contributor
Publication
2002 - Scribner Poetry, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
141,500 words, Guess
Page Count
566 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveyeatsreaderporta0000yeat
- Internet Archiveyeatsreaderporta0000yeat_s5l4
- ISBN-139780743227988
- ISBN-100743233158
- ISBN-100743227980
and 8 more
- ISBN-139780743233156
- Goodreads568600', '1010547
- Library of Congress Control Number2002070670
- OCLC Control Number49824732
- Better World BooksP7-DII-874
- Better World Books9780743227988
- Better World BooksW7-AYE-418
- Open LibraryOL3569208M
Classifications
- DDC821/.8
- LCCPR5902 .F56 2002
- LCCPR5902.F56 2002
Description
The Yeats Reader is the first single volume to encompass the full range of William Butler Yeats's talents. It presents over a hundred of Yeats's best-known poems, plus eight plays, a sampling of his prose tales, and excerpts from his published autobiographical and critical writings. Also included are selections from the memoirs left unpublished at his death and complete introductions written for the projected Scribner edition of his collected works. These are supplemented by unobtrusive annotation and a chronology of the life.
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 the full range of Yeats's talents. It presents more than one hundred and fifty of his best-known poems plus eight plays, a sampling of his prose tales, and excerpts from his published autobiographical and critical writings. In addition, an appendix offers six early texts of poems that Yeats later revised. Also included are selections from the memoirs left unpublished at his death and complete introductions written for a projected collection that never came to fruition. These are supplemented by unobtrusive annotation and a chronology of the life.
Subjects
Genres
- Literary collections
Other Editions
- The Yeats reader
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