A Book of Irish Verse - Routledge Classics
A Book of Irish Verse - Routledge Classics
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11 July, 2002
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In 1895 the thirty-year-old W.B. Yeats, already established as one of Ireland's leading poets and folklorists, published this outstanding collection of Irish verse as part of his campaign to establish a tradition of Irish poetry fit for the dawn of a new age in Ireland's history. This Routledge Classics edition, complete with a specially commissioned introduction by acclaimed writer and critic John Banville, is essential reading for all who appreciate good literature.
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780415289832 |
| ISBN10 | 0415289831 |
| Number Of Pages | 208 |
| Item Weight | 220 g |
| Publisher / Reseller | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format | paperback |
| Edition | 2nd edition |
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'Yeats was one of the few whose history is the history of their own time, who are a part of the consciousness of an age which cannot be understood without them.' - T.S. Eliot
'You were silly like us; your gift survived it all;The parish of rich women, physical decay, yourself;Mad Ireland hurt you into poetry.' - W.H Auden, In Memory of W.B. Yeats
'Yeats was one of the few whose history is the history of their own time, who are a part of the consciousness of an age which cannot be understood without them.' - T.S. Eliot
Author's Bio
William Butler Yeats (1865-1939). One of the great poets of the modern age. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Poetry in 1923.