Selected Poems (Alma Classics): Annotated Edition (Great Poets Series) - Softcover

W. B. Yeats

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1847494412 ISBN 13: 9781847494412

Publisher: Alma Classics, 2015

Synopsis

The present selection traces the development of Yeats' fully annotated verse, encompassing the poet's interest in Irish folklore and national identity, his engagement with the political situation of his day and the rich symbolism that is the hallmark of his work and a reflection of his lifelong fascination with the occult. It contains some of his best-known pieces, including the elegiac 'Easter 1916', the apocalyptic 'The Second Coming' and the reflective and spiritual 'Sailing to Byzantium'. Often radical in content but always traditional in form, these poems are by turns startling and affecting, and never less than inspired. Taken together, they form an ideal introduction to the poetic career of one of Ireland's greatest literary figures.

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About the Author

Born in Dublin, W. B. Yeats (1865-1939) is one of the greatest English-language poets of the twentieth century, as well as a dramatist, critic and essayist. A visionary in the mould of Blake, Yeats is closely associated with the Irish Literary Revival, and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923.

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The present selection traces the development of Yeats’s verse, encompassing the poet’s interest in Irish folklore and national identity, his engagement with the political situation of his day and the rich symbolism that is the hallmark of his work and a reflection of his lifelong fascination with the occult. It contains some of his best-known pieces, including the elegiac ‘Easter 1916’, the apocalyptic ‘The Second Coming’ and the reflective and spiritual ‘Sailing to Byzantium’.

Often radical in content but always traditional in form, these poems are by turns startling and affecting, and never less than inspired. Taken together, they form an ideal introduction to the poetic career of one of Ireland’s greatest literary figures.

Edition details

• Publisher: Alma Classics
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1847494412
• ISBN 13: 9781847494412
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256