The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats : The Irish Dramatic Movement

Yeats, W.

ISBN 10: 0684807068 / ISBN 13: 9780684807065

Published by Scribner, 2003

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Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats : The Irish Dramatic Movement
• Publisher: Scribner
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0684807068
• ISBN 13: 9780684807065
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 1.027 pounds

About this title

Synopsis

Gathers the preeminent poet's essays on drama and the movement that led to today's Irish theater, which were written between 1899 and 1919, in a collection that covers such topics as the Abbey Theatre, the plays of John Millington Synge, and the relationship between drama and nationalism.

About the Authors

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. 

The late Richard J. Finneran was general editor, with George Mills Harper, of The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats for many years; series editor of The Poems in the Cornell Yeats; and editor of Yeats: An Annual of Critical and Textual Studies, among other works. He held the Hodges Chair of Excellence at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville; was a past president of the South Atlantic Modern Language Association; and served as executive director of the Society for Textual Scholarship.