A reader's guide to William Butler Yeats
By: John Unterecker.
Edition: 1st Syracuse University Press ed.
Series: [Reader's guide series (Syracuse, N.Y.)]; Irish studies; Irish studies (Syracuse, N.Y.)
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Syracuse, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
Subjects: Yeats, W. B. 1865-1939 -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Ireland -- In literature -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Description: The poetry of William Butler Yeats presents unusual problems for the general reader. Yeats drew heavily upon mystical and theosophical systems of a more or less arcane nature. Moreover, he often referred to events in his own life and in the history of modern Ireland which require elucidition for the non-specialist. A Reader's Guide to William Butler Yeats not only provides the background needed for an understanding of the works but also reveals the structure of images and meanings of the various lyrics.
Notes: Originally published: New York : Noonday Press, 1959.
Includes index.