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Selected Poems
W. B. Yeats
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Description for Selected Poems
Paperback. This edition contains some of his best-known pieces, including the elegiac 'Easter 1916', the apocalyptic "The Second Coming" and the reflective and spiritual "Sailing to Byzantium". Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
The present selection traces the development of Yeats' fully annotated verse, encompassing the poet's interest in Irish folklore and national identity, his engagement with the political situation of his day and the rich symbolism that is the hallmark of his work and a reflection of his lifelong fascination with the occult. It contains some of his best-known pieces, including the elegiac 'Easter 1916', the apocalyptic The Second Coming and the reflective and spiritual Sailing to Byzantium . Often radical in content but always traditional in form, these poems are by turns startling and affecting, and never less ... Read more
The present selection traces the development of Yeats' fully annotated verse, encompassing the poet's interest in Irish folklore and national identity, his engagement with the political situation of his day and the rich symbolism that is the hallmark of his work and a reflection of his lifelong fascination with the occult. It contains some of his best-known pieces, including the elegiac 'Easter 1916', the apocalyptic The Second Coming and the reflective and spiritual Sailing to Byzantium . Often radical in content but always traditional in form, these poems are by turns startling and affecting, and never less ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Alma Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Richmond, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847494412
SKU
V9781847494412
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About W. B. Yeats
Born in Dublin, W. B. Yeats (1865-1939) is one of the greatest English-language poets of the twentieth century, as well as a dramatist, critic and essayist. A visionary in the mould of Blake, Yeats is closely associated with the Irish Literary Revival, and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923.
Reviews for Selected Poems
Yeats is like a mountain range, lying on the horizon. He can't be emulated; you just walk around under the shade.
Seamus Heaney
Seamus Heaney