Yeats's Poetic Codes

by Nicholas Grene

Book Overview

Nicholas Grene explores Yeats's poetic codes of practice, the key words and habits of speech that shape the reading experience of his poetry.

Where previous studies have sought to decode his work, expounding its symbolic meanings by references to Yeats's occult beliefs, philosophical ideas or political ideology, the focus here is on his poetic technique, its typical forms and their implications for the understanding of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192857762
• ISBN13: 9780192857767
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.8"