W. B. Yeats and the Language of Sculpture

by Jack Quin

This book comprehensively examines the relationship between literature and sculpture in the work of W. B. Yeats, drawing on extensive archival research to offer revelatory new readings of the poet. The book traces Yeats's literary and critical engagement with Celtic Revival statuary, public monuments in Dublin, the coin designs of the Irish Free State, abstract sculpture by the Vorticists and modernists, and a variety of carvings, decorative sculptures,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019284315X
• ISBN13: 9780192843159
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.5"