WB Yeats - Prefaces and Introductions (The collected works of W.B. Yeats)

Yeats, W. B.; Ed. Odonnell, William H.

ISBN 10: 0333325605 / ISBN 13: 9780333325605

Published by Macmillan, 1988

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some light wear to the edges of the dust jacket some light browning to the edges of the pages illustrated 370 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: WB Yeats - Prefaces and Introductions (The collected works of W.B. Yeats)
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0333325605
• ISBN 13: 9780333325605
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

This volume in The Collected Edition of the Works of W.B.Yeats brings together for the first time thirty-two introductions written for anthologies that he edited or for books by other writers. The introductions span the full length of his career. Their topics range from Irish legends and folklore to the design of graceful new Irish coins. The authors he discusses include William Blake, J.M.Synge, Lady Gregory, Oscar Wilde, Oliver St John Gogarty, Lionel Johnson and Rabindranath Tagore. Full explanatory notes and an index give the reader easy access to the volume's diverse array of topics. The text is reliable and accurate.

About the Author

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.