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A Reader's Guide to William Butler Yeats

by John Unterecker

Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Pages: 310
Paperback
ISBN: 9780815603405






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Overview of A Reader's Guide to William Butler Yeats

The poetry of William Butler Yeats presents unusual problems for the general reader. Yeats drew heavily upon mystical and theosophical systems of a more or less arcane nature. Moreover, he often referred to events in his own life and in the history of modern Ireland which require elucidition for the non-specialist. A Reader's Guide to William Butler Yeats not only provides the background needed for an understanding of the works but also reveals the structure of images and meanings of the various lyrics.

Synopsis of A Reader's Guide to William Butler Yeats

The poetry of William Butler Yeats presents unusual problems for the general reader. Yeats drew heavily upon mystical and theosophical systems of a more or less arcane nature. Moreover, he often referred to events in his own life and in the history of modern Ireland which require elucidition for the non-specialist. A Reader's Guide to William Butler Yeats not only provides the background needed for an understanding of the works but also reveals the structure of images and meanings of the various lyrics.

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Irish Literature
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Poetry - Literary Criticism

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