W. B. Yeats

by Edward Larrissy

Contemporary scholarship about W.B. Yeats (1865-1939) is increasingly clear about the implications of his being a nationalist from a Protestant background. He always felt a degree of distance from his Catholic compatriots, while at the same time believing that his own background offered him relative freedom to interpret Ireland's pre-Christian traditions and mythology. This study shows how Yeats moved from passionate identification with the idea of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0746312881
• ISBN13: 9780746312889
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"