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The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats Vol. III: Autobiographies - (Collected Works of W. B. Yeats) by William Butler Yeats (Paperback)
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- Autobiographies consists of six autobiographical works that William Butler Yeats published together in the mid-1930s to form a single, extraordinary memoir of the first fifty-eight years of his life, from his earliest memories of childhood to winning the Nobel Prize for Literature.
- Author(s): William Butler Yeats
- 560 Pages
- Biography + Autobiography, Literary Figures
- Series Name: Collected Works of W. B. Yeats
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The grandfather of Irish memoirs, this astonishing work consists of six of Yeats' autobiographical essays, including "Reveries Over Childhood and Youth" and "The Trembling of the Veil".Book Synopsis
Autobiographies consists of six autobiographical works that William Butler Yeats published together in the mid-1930s to form a single, extraordinary memoir of the first fifty-eight years of his life, from his earliest memories of childhood to winning the Nobel Prize for Literature. This volume provides a vivid series of personal accounts of a wide range of figures, and it describes Yeats's work as poet and playwright, as a founder of Dublin's famed Abbey Theatre, his involvement with Irish nationalism, and his fascination with occultism and visions. This book is most compelling as Yeats's own account of the growth of his poetic imagination. Yeats thought that a poet leads a life of allegory, and that his works are comments upon it. Autobiographies enacts his ruling belief in the connections and coherence between the life that he led and the works that he wrote. It is a vision of personal history as art, and so it is the one truly essential companion to his poems and plays. Edited by William H. O'Donnell and Douglas N. Archibald, this volume is available for the first time with invaluable explanatory notes and includes previously unpublished passages from candidly explicit first drafts.From the Back Cover
Autobiographies consists of six autobiographical works that William Butler Yeats published together in the mid-1930s to form a single, extraordinary memoir of the first fifty-eight years of his life, from his earliest memories of childhood to winning the Nobel Prize for Literature. This volume provides a vivid series of personal accounts of a wide range of figures, and it describes Yeats's work as poet and playwright, as a founder of Dublin's famed Abbey Theatre, his involvement with Irish nationalism, and his fascination with occultism and visions. This book is most compelling as Yeats's own account of the growth of his poetic imagination. Yeats thought that a poet leads a life of allegory, and that his works are comments upon it. Autobiographies enacts his ruling belief in the connections and coherence between the life that he led and the works that he wrote. It is a vision of personal history as art, and so it is the one truly essential companion to his poems and plays.Edited by William H. O'Donnell and Douglas N. Archibald, this volume is available for the first time with invaluable explanatory notes and includes previously unpublished passages from candidly explicit first drafts.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.4 Inches (H) x 5.5 Inches (W) x 1.5 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.6 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 560
Genre: Biography + Autobiography
Sub-Genre: Literary Figures
Series Title: Collected Works of W. B. Yeats
Publisher: Touchstone Books
Format: Paperback
Author: William Butler Yeats
Language: English
Street Date: March 1, 1999
TCIN: 84950003
UPC: 9780684853383
Item Number (DPCI): 247-35-4745
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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