Memoirs [of] W. B. Yeats: Autobiography [and] First Draft Journal

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Macmillan, 1972 - Biography & Autobiography - 318 pages
1st draft of Autobiography written 1915-1916; Journal written 1908-1930.

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Contents

INTRODUCTION
9
Autobiography
19
Journal
137
Copyright

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Memoirs [of] W. B. Yeats: Autobiography [and] First Draft Journal
William Butler Yeats
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About the author (1972)

William Butler Yeats was born in Dublin, Ireland on June 13, 1865. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival and, along with Lady Gregory, Edward Martyn, and others, founded the Abbey Theatre, where he served as its chief playwright until the movement was joined by John Synge. Yeats' plays included The Countess Cathleen, The Land of Heart's Desire, Cathleen ni Houlihan, The King's Threshold, and Deirdre. Although a convinced patriot, Yeats deplored the hatred and the bigotry of the Nationalist movement, and his poetry is full of moving protests against it. He was appointed to the Irish Senate in 1922. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923 for what the Nobel Committee described as "inspired poetry, which in a highly artistic form gives expression to the spirit of a whole nation." He is one of the few writers who completed their greatest works after being awarded the Nobel Prize. His poetry collections include The Wild Swans at Coole, Michael Robartes and the Dancer, The Tower, The Winding Stair and Other Poems, and Last Poems and Plays. He died on January 28, 1939 at the age of 73. Denis Donoghue is University Professor and Henry James Professor of English and American Letters at New York University.

Bibliographic information

TitleMemoirs [of] W. B. Yeats: Autobiography [and] First Draft Journal
AuthorWilliam Butler Yeats
EditorDenis Donoghue
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherMacmillan, 1972
Original fromthe University of California
DigitizedMay 15, 2008
ISBN0333130804, 9780333130803
Length318 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Biography & Autobiography / General
Biography & Autobiography / Literary Figures
Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
  
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