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W.B Yeats - The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats - 9781853264542 - KCW0018393
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The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats

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Description for The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats paperback. This volume includes all of Yeats's published poetry, from the hauntingly beautiful early lyrics by which he is still best remembered, to the later work which some argue put beyond question his status as one of the foremost poets of his age. Series: Wordsworth Poetry Library. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 276.

With a new Introduction by Cedric Watts, Research Professor of English, University of Sussex.

W. B. Yeats was Romantic and Modernist, mystical dreamer and leader of the Irish Literary Revival, Nobel prizewinner, dramatist and, above all, poet. He began writing with the intention of putting his 'very self' into his poems. T. S. Eliot, one of many who proclaimed the Irishman's greatness, described him as 'one of those few whose history is the history of their own time, who are part of the consciousness of an age which cannot be understood without them'. For anyone interested in the literature of ... Read more

This volume gathers the full range of his published poetry, from the hauntingly beautiful early lyrics (by which he is still fondly remembered) to the magnificent later poems which put beyond question his status as major poet of modern times. Paradoxical, proud and passionate, Yeats speaks today as eloquently as ever.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Hertfordshire
Condition
New
Series
Wordsworth Poetry Library
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
Herts, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781853264542
SKU
KCW0018393
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