Throughout his long life, William Butler Yeats -- Irish writer and premier lyric poet in English in this century -- produced important works in every literary genre, works of astonishing range, energy, erudition, beauty, and skill. His early poetry is memorable and moving. His poems and plays of middle age address the human condition with language that has entered our vocabulary for cataclysmic personal and world events. The writings of his final years offer wisdom, courage, humor, and sheer technical virtuosity. T. S. Eliot pronounced Yeats "the greatest poet of our time -- certainly the grea... [Read More]
As a young man, William Butler Yeats was deeply affected by the idea of romantic love, or, as he called it, "the old high way of love." Characteristically, much of his early poetry that which was written prior to 1910, is poetry that belongs to courtship.When Yeats was twenty-three years old, he met and fell in love with the beautiful Irish nationalist, Maud Gonne. Although she repeatedly refused to marry Yeats, Maud would become the object of his passion and his poetry. The emotional power in many of Yeats' early poems is shaped by the one-sidedness of his affair with Maud, but the poems them... [Read More]
If you have revisited the town, thin Shade,Whether to look upon your monument(I wonder if the builder has been paid)Or happier thoughted when the day is spentTo drink of that salt breath out of the seaWhen grey gulls flit about instead of men,And the gaunt houses put on majesty:Let these content you and be gone again;For they are at their old tricks yet.
"Tread Softly Because You Tread on My Dreams..." One of my favourite poems by W.B. Yeats. With 24 different backgrounds to choose from, there's a choice for every taste. Presented with an elegant contemporary typeface. ** Which choice would you prefer for the background? Just simply look over the palette (the second image above) to make your choice. Your archival quality print is printed on premium smooth satin luster paper with long-lasting ChromaLife 100 inks. The colors on your monitor may differ slightly from the printed art. All print sizes come with a white border which allows you the ch... [Read More]
Series; Everyman's library. Pocket poets. Physical description; 253 p. ; 17 cm. Notes; Includes index. Summary; A leader of the twentieth-century Irish nationalist movement, who eventually became one of the Free States's senators, William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) is also the greatest poet that nation has yet produced. The present selection includes poetry from every period in life, dealing with all the topics closest to his heart: love, death, old age, ambition, the poet's craft, and of course the history and destiny of Ireland. Subjects; Poetry texts & anthologies. Poetry / General. English p... [Read More]
Directed by narrator V. C. Clinton-Baddeley, who worked with W. B. Yeats for the original BBC broadcast of his poetry in 1937, side one of this 1958 recording contains the Yeats' classics "Sailing to Byzantium" and "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death." Side two features three poems by Thomas Hardy-at the time known more for his novels than for poetry-along with writing from Robert Graves, Poet Laureate Cecil Day-Lewis (who also reads on the album), Walter de la Mare, and Gerard Manley Hopkins.
The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats, Volume XIII: A Vision is part of a fourteen-volume series under the general editorship of eminent Yeats scholar George Bornstein and formerly the late Richard J. Finneran and George Mills Harper. One of the strangest works of literary modernism, A Vision is Yeats's greatest occult work. Edited by Yeats scholars Catherine E. Paul and Margaret Mills Harper, the volume presents the "system" of philosophy, psychology, history, and the life of the soul that Yeats and his wife George (née Hyde Lees) received and created by means of mediumistic experiments from ... [Read More]
Yeats Irish poet t-shirt gift. Celtic knot tattoo, triskelion spiral tshirt. W.B. Yeats poem The merry like to fiddle and the merry like to dance. Celtic quote and Newgrange spiral tattoo shirt. English teacher poetry gift.
Two DVDs and Bonus CDAdditional footage feature both Bob and his celebrity contributors, e.g. Bono, Shane McGowan performing recitations of additional poems by Yeats. A new song set around the poem, 'A Terrible Beauty is Born' which features a vocal by Bono (which Bob co-ordinated for the DVD extras 73 poetry readings and 23 discussion pieces! A biography of the poet W. B. Yeats and his contribution to the Irish independence movement as a Protestant nationalist. Through performances of some of Yeats' most iconic poems by leading Irish and British cultural figures, Geldof reveals how Yeats and ... [Read More]
W.B.Yeats quotations engraved onto wooden coasters. Set of 4 Made from beech veneer, treated with bees wax from my own bees and backed with felt. The coasters feature some great Yeats quotes that will resonate with poetry lovers all over the world! An ideal gift to decorate and protect any table or surface from scratches or marks from hot cups and cool glasses! Each coaster measures 85mmx85mm and has black felt on the rear to protect your surfaces from scratches. The coasters are each waxed to protect them from spills and will arrive held together by a decorative ribbon with my FourSprungDucks... [Read More]
The collected poems of W.B. Yeats, illustrated with contemporary photos of the Irish countryside, is intended as a travel companion for visitors to Ireland and Yeats country. The book is audio enabled and optimized for
Seminar paper from the year 2012 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, Martin Luther University (Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik), course: William Butler Yeats, language: English, abstract: William Butler Yeats did
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