| Description |
xxi, 808 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Summary |
"'I, the poet William Yeats, ... Restored this tower for my wife George' claims the lovely six-line poem in which Yeats dedicates the renovation of Thoor Ballylee. But the poem's truth conceals another, and different truth - that they worked together at the restoration, and it was largely her vision and hands that created a dwelling from the former ruins. Just how symbolic this is, of the close but largely hidden collaboration between them, is revealed by this deeply-researched life of George Yeats - the first full-scale biography of a woman of remarkable gifts and generous self concealment." "For the first time, this woman is allowed to take centre stage. Drawing on memoirs and a wealth of unknown and unpublished sources, this biography by the distinguished scholar Ann Saddlemyer reveals someone much more significant than just 'Mrs. W. B. Yeats' - a personality at once visionary and practical, and an important figure in twentieth-century literary history."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [660]-794) and index |
| Subject |
Yeats, Georgie, -1968.
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Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939 -- Marriage.
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Authors' spouses -- Ireland -- Biography.
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Married people -- Ireland -- Biography.
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Spiritualists -- Ireland -- Biography.
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Occultists -- Ireland -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| LC no. |
2002019040 |
| ISBN |
0198112327 |
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0198112327 hb |
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0198112327 : |
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