The Wild Swans at Coole (1919) by: William Butler Yeats (Collection) - Softcover

Yeats, William Butler

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1543034535 ISBN 13: 9781543034530

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

Synopsis

William Butler Yeats 13 June 1865 – 28 January 1939) was an Irish poet, and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. A pillar of both the Irish and British literary establishments, he helped to found the Abbey Theatre, and in his later years served as an Irish Senator for two terms, and was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival along with Lady Gregory, Edward Martyn and others. He was born in Sandymount, Ireland and educated there and in London. He spent childhood holidays in County Sligo and studied poetry from an early age when he became fascinated by Irish legends and the occult.

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William Butler Yeats is generally considered to be Ireland s greatest poet, living or dead, and one of the most important literary figures of the twentieth century. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1543034535
• ISBN 13: 9781543034530
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 86