| Description |
vi, 336 pages ; 20 cm |
| Contents |
Fathers and sons -- Prelude -- Cloud and foam -- Combating the 'materialists' -- Robartes and Aherne: Two sides of a penny -- Michael Robartes and the golden dawn -- Owen Aherne and the nationalists -- Search for Unity -- Making a style -- End of youth -- New division -- Spirits and matter: Towards harmony -- All changed, changed utterly -- Esoteric Yeatsism: The flowering of a dream -- Sailing to Byzantium -- Right mastery of natural things -- Reality |
| Summary |
A critical biography of the great Irish poet traces his intellectual growth and relates his mystical concerns and involvement in public affairs to his poetry |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939.
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Poets, Irish -- 20th century -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| LC no. |
78002271 |
| ISBN |
0393008592 (paperback) |
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0393075222 |
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9780393008593 |
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9780393075229 |
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