Passionate action
Subtitle: Yeats's mastery of drama
By: David Richman.
Publisher: University of Delaware Press; Associated University Presses
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Newark; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
Subjects: Yeats, W. B. 1865-1939 -- Dramatic works; Verse drama, English -- Irish authors -- History and criticism; Ireland -- In literature
Description: "Drawing on Yeats's correspondence with fellow theater artists as well as on the myriad drafts of his plays, this book traces the conflict through which Yeats the playwright mastered and transmuted the traditional elements of drama, fusing them to create a body of wholly modern plays that still exert their influence upon contemporary playwrights."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-195) and index.