Contents: Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Yeats's Life; A Brief Outline of Irish History; A Note on the Text; A Note on the Spelling of Gaelic Names; G

A comprehensive and accessible introduction to the major themes of this important poet's life and career.

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This book explores the question of Yeats’s identity as an important issue in the criticism of the Irish poet. The identity of the poet with the advent of post

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