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...
This collection of specially commissioned essays, by both established and younger scholars, provides a fresh as well as authoritative view of the works of W.B. Yeats, a poet who is not just one of the great figures of Irish literature, but of world literature. Interest in Yeats...
In line with a major tendency in post-colonial criticism, this study assumes the value of cultural and historical studies but also makes use of notions of difference derived from the work of Derrida. Irish writing, including the poetry of Yeats, is increasingly seen in a post-colonial...