Volume III: 1901-1904: 3 (Yeats Collected Letters Series) - Hardcover

Yeats, W. B.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198126832 ISBN 13: 9780198126836

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 1994

Synopsis

The letters in this volume, the majority never before published, vividly document a tunultuous period in Yeats's life. They chart his transformation from a late Romantic, `Celtic' poet into a powerful and astringent modernist, the foundation of the Abbey Theatre and development of his own palywriting career, the emotional devastation of his beloved Maud Gonne's marriage to a man he despised, the encouragement of promising young writers including Joyce and Synge, and the impact of his first exposure to the United States. Letter by letter we see how private concerns and public controversies forced him to redefine his views on artistic freedom and responsibility, and to reshape his style. Rich and readable notes provide a narrative of these years, explaining allusions, and setting the correspondence in its cultural and political contexts as well as relating it to Yeats's canon as a whole. This book will be indispenable to anyone interested in the development of modern poetry, drama, and cultural history.

About this title

About the Author

John Kelly edited Volume I of Yeats Collected Letters. He lives in Oxford. Ronald Schuchard is Professor of English at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, where he also lives. He was visiting fellow to Wolfson College, Oxford in 1986/7, and has written many articles for the Yeats Annual, and other literary journals.

Edition details

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198126832
• ISBN 13: 9780198126836
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 842
• Editor: Kelly John, Schuchard Ronald