Collected Poems

As well as being one of the major literary figures of the twentieth century, William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) is the greatest lyric poet that Ireland has produced. He was the acknowledged leader of the Irish Literary Renaissance, and he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923. His early lyrical poetry includes 'When You are Old', 'The Cloths of Heaven' and 'The Lake Isle of Innisfree' but, unusually for a poet, Yeats's later work surpasses the poems of his youth. This volume contains all the poems from the 1933 edition of Collected Poems , the last anthology to be published in the poet's lifetime.

With an Introduction by Dr Robert Mighall.

About the author

William Butler Yeats wurde am 13. Juni 1865 im irischen Sandymount bei Dublin geboren. Yeats studierte erst Kunst bevor er sich ab 1880 der Literatur zuwandte. Er lernte Oscar Wilde kennen und setzte sich sehr für die englischsprachige irische Literatur ein. William Butler Yeats gründete mit der Unterstützung von Lady Gregory 1899 das Abbey Theatres in Dublin, das spätere irische Nationaltheater und schrieb zahlreiche Stücke für sein Theater. Yeats schrieb Prosa, Lyrik, Dramen und Essays. 1923 wurde ihm der Nobelpreis für Literatur verliehen. Am 28. Januar 1939 starb William Butler Yeats in Roquebrune-Cape-Martin, in der Nähe von Nizza.

Summary

As well as being one of the major literary figures of the twentieth century, William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) is the greatest lyric poet that Ireland has produced. He was the acknowledged leader of the Irish Literary Renaissance, and he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923. His early lyrical poetry includes 'When You are Old', 'The Cloths of Heaven' and 'The Lake Isle of Innisfree' but, unusually for a poet, Yeats's later work surpasses the poems of his youth. This volume contains all the poems from the 1933 edition of Collected Poems, the last anthology to be published in the poet's lifetime.
With an Introduction by Dr Robert Mighall.

Product details

• Authors: W B Yeats, W. B. Yeats, W.B. Yeats, William Butler Yeats
• Publisher: Collector's Library
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2010
• EAN: 9781905716838
• ISBN: 978-1-905716-83-8
• No. of pages: 692
• Dimensions: 103 mm x 157 mm x 22 mm
• Series: Collector's Library; Macmillan Collector's Library; Macmillan Collector's Library; Collector's Library
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Gedichte, Reime (dt.) div., POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Inspirational & Religious, POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Places, Ireland, Narrative theme: Politics, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Modernism, Poetry by individual poets, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, Romanticism, c 1930 to c 1939, c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Classic and pre-20th century poetry, Valentine?s Day, Valentine’s Day / Lovers’ days, County Dublin, POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Animals & Nature