New Releases by William Butler Yeats

William Butler Yeats is the author of Irish Fairy Tales (2024), The Green Helmet and Other Poems (2024), Christmas Poems & Carols - Premium Collection of the Greatest Christmas Poems in One Volume (Illustrated) (2024), Cathleen Ni Hoolihan: A Play In One Act And In Prose (2023), The Complete Works of W.B. Yeats (2022).

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Irish Fairy Tales

release date: May 31, 2024
Irish Fairy Tales
Discover the enchanting world of Celtic mythology and folklore with "Irish Fairy Tales" by William Butler Yeats. This exquisite collection brings to life the rich tapestry of Ireland''s mystical past, weaving together tales of magical creatures, heroic deeds, and timeless romance. Yeats, one of Ireland''s greatest poets, combines his profound literary talent with his deep love for Irish heritage to create stories that resonate with wonder and beauty. In "Irish Fairy Tales," Yeats gathers and retells classic tales that have been passed down through generations. Meet legendary figures like the heroic Fionn mac Cumhaill, the brave warrior who leads the Fianna, and the mystical Sidhe, the fairy folk who dwell in a hidden world parallel to our own. Each story is infused with the magic of the Irish landscape, from misty mountains to enchanted forests, creating a vivid and immersive reading experience. Yeats'' lyrical prose and poetic sensibility elevate these traditional stories, bringing a unique voice and depth to each tale. His passion for Irish culture and folklore shines through, making the collection not just a compilation of stories but a celebration of Ireland''s spiritual and cultural identity. Ideal for readers of all ages, "Irish Fairy Tales" is perfect for those who appreciate classic literature, mythology, and the magic of storytelling. Whether you are new to Irish folklore or revisiting beloved tales, this collection offers a timeless journey into a world where the ordinary and the extraordinary meet, and where every story is a gateway to wonder. Delve into "Irish Fairy Tales" and let William Butler Yeats guide you through a landscape filled with heroes, fairies, and the timeless magic of Ireland. This collection is more than just a book-it''s an invitation to experience the heart and soul of Irish storytelling, where every tale is a treasure waiting to be discovered.

The Green Helmet and Other Poems

release date: Feb 27, 2024
The Green Helmet and Other Poems
"The Green Helmet and Other Poems" is a collection of poetry by the Irish poet William Butler Yeats. Published in 1910, this collection reflects Yeats''s exploration of themes such as love, nature, mysticism, and the mythology of Ireland. The title poem, "The Green Helmet," is known for its use of symbolism and explores the themes of love and desire. In addition to the titular poem, the collection includes a variety of other works that showcase Yeats''s distinctive poetic style and his engagement with Irish folklore and traditions. Yeats, a key figure in the Irish Literary Revival and a Nobel laureate in Literature, is celebrated for his contributions to modernist poetry. His work often incorporates elements of Irish mythology and the occult, and he was a co-founder of the Abbey Theatre in Dublin. "The Green Helmet and Other Poems" provides readers with a glimpse into Yeats''s evolving poetic vision during this period. Immerse yourself in the lyrical and symbolic world of W. B. Yeats as he weaves together themes of love, mythology, and the complexities of the human experience.

Christmas Poems & Carols - Premium Collection of the Greatest Christmas Poems in One Volume (Illustrated)

Christmas Poems & Carols - Premium Collection of the Greatest Christmas Poems in One Volume (Illustrated)
Christmas Poems & Carols - Premium Collection of the Greatest Christmas Poems in One Volume is a treasure trove that captures the multifaceted spirit of Christmas through a diverse anthology of poems and carols. This illustrated edition brings together the works of esteemed poets such as Robert Louis Stevenson, Emily Dickinson, and William Butler Yeats, among others, showcasing a rich variety of literary styles from the narrative to the lyrical, and the symbolic to the straightforward. The collection eloquently traverses a wide emotional spectrum associated with the holiday season, from joy and festivity to reflection and longing, making it a significant contribution to the literary appreciation of Christmas. Notable for its historical and cultural depth, the anthology stands out for its collective ability to weave together themes of love, faith, nostalgia, and celebration through the lenses of different times and traditions. The contributors to this collection are luminaries in their own right, each belonging to various literary movements and historical contexts that have shaped the Western literary canon. Poets like John Milton and Thomas Hardy bring classical and Victorian sensibilities, respectively, while voices such as Sara Teasdale and Rudyard Kipling introduce elements of Romanticism and the riches of Empire and its complexities. This convergence of backgrounds and eras under the thematic umbrella of Christmas creates a rich tapestry that elucidates the evolving human condition and the perennial significance of the Yuletide spirit. The anthology, thus, serves as a microcosm of broader cultural and literary shifts, encapsulated within the timeless celebration of Christmas. Christmas Poems & Carols is an indispensable collection for readers seeking to immerse themselves in the literary and cultural dimensions of the Christmas season. It offers a unique opportunity to experience the holiday through a multitude of voices and styles, from the serene to the celebratory. This volume is not just an anthology but an invitation to explore the depth and breadth of Christmas sentiments as articulated by some of the most notable poets in the English language. It promises to enrich the reader''s holiday experience with its blend of nostalgia, beauty, and the universal quest for meaning and connection in the festive season.

Cathleen Ni Hoolihan: A Play In One Act And In Prose

release date: Jul 18, 2023

The Complete Works of W.B. Yeats

release date: Dec 10, 2022
The Complete Works of W.B. Yeats
DigiCat presents to you this unique and meticulously edited Yeats collection: Volume 1: The Wind Among the Reeds The Old Age of Queen Maeve Baile and Aillinn In the Seven Woods Ballads and Lyrics The Rose The Wanderings of Oisin Volume 2: The King''s Threshold On Baile''s Strand Deirdre The Shadowy Waters Volume 3: The Countess Cathleen The Land of Heart''s Desire The Unicorn from the Stars Volume 4: The Hour-Glass Cathleen ni Houlihan The Golden Helmet The Irish Dramatic Movement Volume 5: The Celtic Twilight Stories of Red Hanrahan Volume 6: What''s ''Popular Poetry''? Speaking to the Psaltery Magic The Happiest of the Poets The Philosophy of Shelley''s Poetry At Stratford-on-Avon William Blake and the Imagination William Blake and His Illustrations to the ''Divine Comedy'' Symbolism in Painting The Symbolism of Poetry The Theatre The Celtic Element in Literature The Autumn of the Body The Moods The Body of the Father Christian Rosencrux The Return of Ulysses Ireland and the Arts The Galway Plains Emotion of Multitude Volume 7: The Secret Rose Rosa Alchemica The Tables of the Law The Adoration of the Magi John Sherman Dhoya Volume 8: Discoveries Edmund Spencer Poetry and Tradition Modern Irish Poetry Lady Gregory''s Cuchulain of Muirthemne Lady Gregory''s Gods and Fighting Men Mr. Synge and His Plays Lionel Johnson The Pathway

Mosada: A dramatic poem

release date: May 15, 2022

The Secret Rose (Esprios Classics)

release date: Jan 25, 2022
The Secret Rose (Esprios Classics)
William Butler Yeats (13 June 1865 - 28 January 1939) was an Irish poet, dramatist, prose writer and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. A pillar of the Irish literary establishment, he helped to found the Abbey Theatre, and in his later years served two terms as a Senator of the Irish Free State. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival along with Lady Gregory, Edward Martyn and others. Yeats 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.

The Countess Cathleen (Esprios Classics)

release date: Jan 18, 2022
The Countess Cathleen (Esprios Classics)
William Butler Yeats (13 June 1865 - 28 January 1939) was an Irish poet, dramatist, prose writer and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. A pillar of the Irish literary establishment, he helped to found the Abbey Theatre, and in his later years served two terms as a Senator of the Irish Free State. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival along with Lady Gregory, Edward Martyn and others. Yeats 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.

Stories of Red Hanrahan (Esprios Classics)

release date: Jan 18, 2022
Stories of Red Hanrahan (Esprios Classics)
William Butler Yeats (13 June 1865 - 28 January 1939) was an Irish poet, dramatist, prose writer and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. A pillar of the Irish literary establishment, he helped to found the Abbey Theatre, and in his later years served two terms as a Senator of the Irish Free State. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival along with Lady Gregory, Edward Martyn and others. Yeats 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.

The Collected Works in Verse and Prose of William Butler Yeats, (Volume VI) Ideas of Good and Evil

release date: Dec 16, 2021
The Collected Works in Verse and Prose of William Butler Yeats, (Volume VI) Ideas of Good and Evil
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Ideas of Good and Evil

release date: Feb 01, 2021
Ideas of Good and Evil
Ideas of Good and Evil (1903) is a collection of wide-ranging essays by Irish poet W.B. Yeats. Writing on such subjects as the art of poetry, politics, and the occult, Yeats proves himself to be not only a master of verse and drama, but an immensely talented essayist and thorough scholar. "What is ''Popular Poetry''?" reflects on a changing Irish literary landscape which has, over the course of Yeats'' career, established its own place in world literature apart from, and perhaps surpassing, its English counterpart. Juxtaposing "the poetry of the coteries, which presupposes the written tradition" and "the true poetry of the people, which presupposes the unwritten tradition," Yeats argues that the spirit of Irish poetry depends on its unfaltering connection to the itinerant bards and storytellers whose gift for musicality and memory kept language alive for a widely illiterate people. In "Magic," Yeats, a longtime member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, discusses his belief in the occult. Musing on the power of symbol to evoke memories, as well as the revelation of his past lives, Yeats provides personal anecdotes and secondhand accounts of magical occurrences and experiences, exposing a world secrets and hidden meaning for believers and the uninitiated alike. "The Philosophy of Shelley''s Poetry" is an academic essay in which Yeats argues that Shelley''s poems far surpass the radical ideologies of such figures as William Godwin. Ideas of Good and Evil showcases the diverse intellectual and spiritual interests of W.B. Yeats, an icon of Irish literature and one of the twentieth century''s leading poetic voices. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of W.B. Yeats''s Ideas of Good and Evil is a classic of Irish literature reimagined for modern readers.

The Secret Rose: Love Poems

release date: Feb 01, 2021
The Secret Rose: Love Poems
The Secret Rose (1897) is a collection of poems by W.B. Yeats. Written in response to demands that the poet write "a really national poem or romance," The Secret Rose exhibits Yeats'' devotion to personal mythology and occult orders, and is a brilliant display of symbolism by one of Irish literature''s premier poets. "To the Secret Rose" opens the collection. The poem, inspired by Yeats'' membership in the Rosicrucian Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, uses symbolism to evoke religion, myth, and history. The "Far off, most secret, and inviolate Rose" is an image of utopian longing, an ideal moment the poet awaits, envisions, and longs for. "The Crucifixion of the Outcast" is a parable in which a wandering bard is led by Christian brothers to his execution. As his cross is set in the earth, he offers a portion of his last meal to the beggars who have gathered to watch. When he is nailed to the cross, however, he finds that mercy without humility is a seed that cannot grow. In "The Curse of the Fires and of the Shadows," Puritan soldiers storm an abbey and attack a group of friars. Before he dies, the abbot raises the cross upon the altar, and promises divine vengeance. Immediately afterward, the soldiers are told that two messengers have escaped on horseback to warn and gather the people for a counterattack. The Secret Rose explores themes of faith and persecution while illuminating the proximity of life and myth for a poet whose subject is the soul. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of W.B. Yeats''s The Secret Rose is a classic of Irish literature reimagined for modern readers.

Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry

release date: Jan 26, 2021
Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry
Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry (1888) is a collection of stories edited by W.B. Yeats. Compiled at the height of the Celtic Twilight, a movement to revive the myths and traditions of Ancient Ireland, Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry captures a wide range of stories, songs, poems, and firsthand accounts from artists and storytellers dedicated to the preservation of Irish culture. In “Frank Martin and the Fairies,” a sickly man discusses the presence of dozens of fairies inside his weaving shop. When a child in his village falls ill, he claims to have seen the fairies building a small, simple coffin, preparing to convey the poor youth from the world of men to their own, shadowy realm. “Bewitched Butter,” a tale from Donegal, recounts a strange event involving two farming families and a prized Kerry cow. When the young Grace Dogherty arrives on the Hanlon’s doorstep asking to milk their cow, Mrs. Hanlon initially refuses her. But after several entreaties, the matriarch relents, allowing the girl to take some of the Kerry cow’s milk. When Moiley stops producing milk, the Hanlon’s fear that Grace has cast an evil eye on the cow, thereby threatening their livelihood. Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry compiles numerous tales of giants, gods, devils, kings and heroes, preserving the legends of Ireland’s past, an age threatened with erasure by science, reason, and modern industrialization. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of W.B. Yeats’s Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry is a classic of Irish literature reimagined for modern readers.

The Unicorn from the Stars (and Other Plays)

release date: Apr 15, 2020
The Unicorn from the Stars (and Other Plays)
The Unicorn from the Stars is a classic Irish drama collection by William Butler Yeats. This classic collection of William Butler Yeats plays contains THE UNICORN FROM THE STARS, CATHLEEN NI HOULIHAN and THE HOUR-GLASS

101 Great American Poems

release date: Jan 14, 2020
101 Great American Poems
This book includes classic poems by such eminent poets as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Edgar Allan Poe, Emily Dickinson, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Sara Teasdale, William Butler Yeats, Louisa May Alcott, Walt Whitman, Herman Melville, Gertrude Stein and others. Contents: Anne Bradstreet To My Dear and Loving Husband Phillis Wheatley To the Right Honourable WILLIAM, Earl of DARTMOUTH, His Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for North-America, & c. William Cullen Bryant The Planting of the Apple-Tree Thanatopsis Ralph Waldo Emerson Concord Hymn The Snow-storm Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The Arrow and the Song The Builders The Children’s Hour The Day Is Done The Landlord’s Tale. Paul Revere’s Ride Edgar Allan Poe Alone Annabel Lee The Conqueror Worm The Raven To Helen Abraham Lincoln My Childhood’s Home I See Again Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr Old Ironsides Herman Melville Misgivings Walt Whitman I Hear America Singing I Sit and Look Out Miracles A Noiseless Patient Spider О Captain! My Captain! From Song of My self When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer Frances E. W. Harper Bury Me in a Free Land Songs for the People Emily Dickinson Because I could not stop for Death Death sets a thing significant Hope is the thing with feathers I died for beauty If I can stop one heart from breaking I’m nobody! Who are you? Mv life closed twice before its close Success is couated sweetest There is no frigate like a book This is my letter to the world Ella Wheeler Wilcox Solitude Ernest Lawrence Thayer Casey at the Bat Edwin Arlington Robinson Miniver Cheevy Mr. Flood’s Party Richard Cory Stephen Crane I saw a man pursuing the horizon’ War Is Kind James Weldon Johnson Sence You Went Away Paul Laurence Dunbar The Lesson Sympathy We Wear the Mask Gertrude Stein Susie Asado Vachel Lindsay Abraham Lincoln. Walks at Midnight Euclid The Leaden-Eyed Claude McKay After the Winter If We Must Die The Tropics in New York Countee Cullen For Paul Laurence Dunbar Incident Amy Lowell Venetian Glass Song The Swans Prime James Oppenheim Hebrews Elizabeth Barrett Browning Juliet Of Nations A Musical Instrument Emma Lazarus The Crowing Of The Red Cock Youth And Death Age And Death Louisa May Alcott Fairy Song My Kingdom Transfiguration Lullaby Ellis Parker Butler Good — Better — Best The Whale A Lost Angel The Ballade Of The Automobile Hugh Henry Brackenridge From A poem on divine revelation Matthew Arnold To A Friend Shakespeare The Last Word William Butler Yeats Brown Penny The Chambermaid’s First Song A Song From ‘The Player Queen’ September 1913 Leda And The Swan A Prayer For Old Age William Blake A Poison Tree The Garden Of Love The Fly Laughing song Sara Teasdale Wisdom Peace A Cry After Love Alone I Am Not Yours On A March Day The Mystery William Barnes The Broken Heart The Young that Died in Beauty The Woodlands

The Poems of William Blake

release date: Oct 20, 2018
The Poems of William Blake
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Per Amica Silentia Lunae

release date: Dec 06, 2017

Discoveries

release date: Dec 04, 2017

The Trembling of the Veil

release date: Dec 04, 2017

Reveries over Childhood and Youth

release date: Dec 04, 2017

Celtic Twilight

release date: May 24, 2017
Celtic Twilight
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Wild Swans at Coole

release date: Mar 07, 2017
The Wild Swans at Coole
A stunning facsimile of the 1919 first edition of William Butler Yeats’s The Wild Swans at Coole: an elegant volume showcasing these poems as they would have first been read and a complement to facsimile editions The Winding Stair and The Tower. Published in 1919 during W.B. Yeats’s “middle stage” and composed of poems written during World War I, The Wild Swans at Coole is contemplative and elegiac. This collection captures Yeats at a time when he was looking back on his life, coming to terms with the realities of modern war, reflecting on lost love, and defining his place in the world as a poet. It features forty poems, among them “The Fisherman,” “In Memory of Major Robert Gregory,” “The Wild Swans at Coole,” and “On Being Asked for a War Poem.” This facsimile of the original 1919 edition presents the reader with the work in its original form, with handsome old fashioned type, how readers and Yeats himself would have seen it in the early twentieth century. A great gift book and collector’s item, The Wild Swans at Coole also includes an Introduction and notes by esteemed Yeats scholar George Bornstein.

Irish Folk and Fairy Tales

release date: Nov 10, 2015
Irish Folk and Fairy Tales
Stories and poems about fairies, ghosts, witches, giants, the devil and more.

When You Are Old

release date: Jun 09, 2015
When You Are Old
From A to Z, the Penguin Drop Caps series collects 26 unique hardcovers—featuring cover art by Jessica Hische It all begins with a letter. Fall in love with Penguin Drop Caps, a new series of twenty-six collectible and hardcover editions, each with a type cover showcasing a gorgeously illustrated letter of the alphabet. In a design collaboration between Jessica Hische and Penguin Art Director Paul Buckley, the series features unique cover art by Hische, a superstar in the world of type design and illustration, whose work has appeared everywhere from Tiffany & Co. to Wes Anderson''s recent film Moonrise Kingdom to Penguin''s own bestsellers Committed and Rules of Civility. With exclusive designs that have never before appeared on Hische''s hugely popular Daily Drop Cap blog, the Penguin Drop Caps series debuted with an ''A'' for Jane Austen''s Pride and Prejudice, a ''B'' for Charlotte Brönte''s Jane Eyre, and a ''C'' for Willa Cather''s My Ántonia. It continues with more perennial classics, perfect to give as elegant gifts or to showcase on your own shelves. Y is for Yeats. A specially compiled edition for the Penguin Drop Caps series, When You Are Old will include the most accessible, best-known poems by W.B. Yeats from his early years that made the Nobel Prize winning writer and poet popular in his day. The volume will include all the major love poems written most notably for the brilliant yet elusive Irish revolutionary Maude Gonne. Recalling Yeats’s 1890s fascination in aestheticism and the arts and crafts movement, selections will draw from the first published versions of poems from works such as Crossways, The Rose, The Wind Among the Reeds, In the Seven Woods, The Green Helmet and Other Poems, Responsibilities, The Wild Swans at Coole, and Michael Robartes and the Dancer. A selection Irish myths and fairytales including “The Wanderings of Oisin,” a Celtic fable and his first major poem, represent his fascination with mysticism, spiritualism and the rich and imaginative heritage of his native land.

The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats Volume XIII: A Vision

release date: Feb 12, 2013
The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats Volume XIII: A Vision
The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats, Volume XIII: A Vision is part of a fourteen-volume series under the general editorship of eminent Yeats scholar George Bornstein and formerly the late Richard J. Finneran and George Mills Harper. One of the strangest works of literary modernism, A Vision is Yeats''s greatest occult work. Edited by Yeats scholars Catherine E. Paul and Margaret Mills Harper, the volume presents the "system" of philosophy, psychology, history, and the life of the soul that Yeats and his wife George (née Hyde Lees) received and created by means of mediumistic experiments from 1917 through the early 1920s. Yeats obsessively revised the book, and the revised 1937 version is much more widely available than its predecessor. The original 1925 version of A Vision, poetic, unpolished, masked in fiction, and close to the excitement of the automatic writing that the Yeatses believed to be its supernatural origin, is presented here in a scholarly edition for the first time. The text, minimally corrected to retain the sense of the original, is extensively annotated, with particular attention paid to the relationship between the published book and its complex genetic materials. Indispensable to an understanding of the poet''s late work and entrancing on its own merit, A Vision aims to be, all at once, a work of theoretical history, an esoteric philosophy, an aesthetic symbology, a psychological schema, and a sacred book. It is as difficult as it is essential reading for any student of Yeats.

Early Poems

release date: Feb 04, 2013
Early Poems
Rich selection of 134 poems published between 1889 and 1914: "Lake Isle of Innisfree," "When You Are Old," "Down by the Salley Gardens," many more. Note. Alphabetical lists of titles and first lines.

Irish Fairy and Folk Tales

release date: Jan 30, 2013
Irish Fairy and Folk Tales
An ethereal collection of long-lost fairy tales and folk stories from Ireland, collated and edited by one of the most sensational Irish poets, W. B. Yeats. This anthology of Irish myths and folklore was first published in 1892 after being carefully collated by W. B. Yeats. The prolific poet had a deep interest in the folkloric history of his country and dedicated part of his career to editing traditional fairy tales and translating them from the original Irish. Irish Fairy and Folk Tales is an illusive collection of beautiful and ghostly stories concerning fairies, changelings, witches, giants, the devil, and the supernatural. The tales featured in this volume are divided between the following sections: - The Trooping Fairies - Changelings - The Merrow - The Solitary Fairies - Ghosts - Witches, Fairy Doctors - T’yeer-Na-N-Oge - Saints, Priests - The Devil - Giants - Kings, Queens, Princesses, Earls, Robbers

Responsibilities & Other Poems

release date: Jan 01, 2013
Responsibilities & Other Poems
William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939) is best described as Ireland''s national poet in addition to being one of the major twentieth-century literary figures of the English tongue. To many literary critics, Yeats represents the ''Romantic poet of modernism,'' which is quite revealing about his extraordinary style that combines between the outward emphasis on the expression of emotions and the extensive use of symbolism, imagery and allusions. Yeats also wrote prose and drama and established himself as the spokesman of the Irish cause. His fame was greatly boosted mainly after he received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923. His life was marked by his many love stories, by his great interest in oriental mysticism and occultism as well as by political engagement since he served as an Irish senator for two terms. Today, although William Butler Yeats''s contribution to literary modernism and to Irish nationalism remains incontestable. Here we publish a collection of his poems that show just why his works are held in such esteem together with a new version of his play The Hour Glass.

The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats Volume IX: Early Art

release date: Jun 15, 2010
The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats Volume IX: Early Art
The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats, Volume IX: Early Articles and Reviews is part of a fourteen-volume series under the general editorship of eminent Yeats scholars Richard J. Finneran and George Mills Harper. This first complete edition includes virtually all of the Nobel laureate''s published work, in authoritative texts with extensive explanatory notes. Coedited by John P. Frayne and Madeleine Marchaterre, Early Articles and Reviews assembles the earliest examples of Yeats''s critical prose, from 1886 to the end of the century -- articles and reviews that were not collected into book form by the poet himself. Gathered together now, they show the earliest development of Yeats''s ideas on poetry, the role of literature, Irish literature, the formation of an Irish national theater, and the occult, as well as Yeats''s interaction with his contemporary writers. As seen here, Yeats''s vigorous activity as magazine critic and propagandist for the Irish literary cause belies the popular picture created by his poetry of the "Celtic Twilight" period, that of an idealistic dreamer in flight from the harsh realities of the practical world. This new volume adds four years'' worth of Yeats''s writings not included in a previous (1970) edition of his early articles and reviews. It also greatly expands the background notes and textual notes, bringing this compilation up to date with the busy world of Yeats scholarship over the last three decades. Early Articles and Reviews is an essential sourcebook illuminating Yeat''s reading, his influences, and his literary opinions about other poets and writers.

Stories of Red Hanrahan and the Secret Rose and Rosa Alchemic

release date: May 01, 2009
Stories of Red Hanrahan and the Secret Rose and Rosa Alchemic
This volume contains W.B. Yeats'' various stories relating to Red Hanrahan, which were rewritten in the beautiful country speech of Kiltartan, and nearer to the tradition of the people among whom he, or some likeness of him, drifted and is remembered; Yeats'' stories of The Secret Rose, which were written with the subject relating to the war of spiritual with natural order; and Rosa Alchemica, a little work on alchemists.
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