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Essays and Introductions

Yeats, W. B.

Published by Macmillan, 1961

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Yeats, William Butler

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Yeats, W.B.

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Essays and Introductions.

William Butler Yeats.

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Paperback. First Edition Thus [1968], so stated. First Edition Thus [1968], so stated. Very Good+ in Wraps: shows indications of very careful use: just a touch of wear to the extremities; very mild rubbing to the wrapper covers; thre price has been neatly blocked out at the upper corner of the front panel; a bit of faint foxing at the bottom edge of the text pages; the binding square and secure, but there are some faint crease lines at the backstrip; the text is clean. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. No longer pristine, but remains structurally sound and tightly bound: close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (7.95 x 5.15 x 0.8 inches). xi, 530 pages. Weight: 1 pound, 1.5 ounces. Trade Paperback.

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ISBN 10: 0333093429 / ISBN 13: 9780333093429

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. From the library of noted American poet William H. Matchett, with his bookplate pastedown on the ffep. 8 vo. - measuring over 8 in. x 9 1/4 in. Quarter black cloth over cream boards with gilt titles on the spine in an ochre and gray dust jacket with white titles on the spine. 530 pp., with a b/w frontispiece by John Butler Yeats the Elder. A clean copy with minor creasing to the spine and light foxing on the pages, else Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket with a 1/2 inch tear on the front hinge and light edge wear.

ESSAYS AND INTRODUCTIONS

W. B. Yeats

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Essays and Introductions: Ideas of Good and Evil; The Cutting of an Agate; Later Essays and Introductons

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Essays and introductions

Yeats, W. B. (William Butler)

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Hardcover. Condition: Good condition, clean & tight. First printing. xi, 530 p. ports. 24 cm.

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Condition: VG in G DJ. Frontis of Yeats (illustrator). 1st ptg. A major literary event that illuminates the philosophy which so marked an influence on his later thought and writing. DJ chipped especially at top.

Essays and Introductions (1st Printing)

Published by MacMillan, 1961

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Published by The Macmillan Co, New York, 1961

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Published by Macmillian, New York, 1961

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YEATS, W. B.

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First printing. 8vo, pp. 530. Frontis portrait. Small tear at top of spine, o/w a VG tight copy. Lacks dj.

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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First printing. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper, else fine in a near fine dust jacket.

Yeats, W. B.(William Butler)

Published by Macmillam Company, NY, 1961

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Essays And Introductions: Ideas Of Good And Evil, The Cutting Of An Agate. Later Essays And Introductions

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Published by The Macmillan Company, 1961

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Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 1961

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Hardcover. Condition: good. 0333093429. 1961 1st ed, bright clean copy, no dustjacket, ex lib bookplate mo other markings, Professional booksellers since 1981.

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W. B. Yeats 1st edit/1 print Essays and Introductions 1961 [Hardcover] Yeats, W.B. [Hardcover] Yeats, W.B. Hardcover – January 1, 1961

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• Language English
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• Publication date January 1, 1961
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• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.93 pounds

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W. b. yeats.

William Butler Yeats (/ˈjeɪts/; 13 June 1865 – 28 January 1939) was an Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. A pillar of both the Irish and British literary establishments, in his later years he served as an Irish Senator for two terms. Yeats was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival and, along with Lady Gregory, Edward Martyn, and others, founded the Abbey Theatre, where he served as its chief during its early years. In 1923, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature as the first Irishman so honoured for what the Nobel Committee described as "inspired poetry, which in a highly artistic form gives expression to the spirit of a whole nation." Yeats is generally considered one of the few writers who completed their greatest works after being awarded the Nobel Prize; such works include The Tower (1928) and The Winding Stair and Other Poems (1929).

William Butler Yeats was born in Sandymount, Ireland and educated there and in London; he spent his childhood holidays in County Sligo. He studied poetry in his youth and from an early age was fascinated by both Irish legends and the occult. Those topics feature in the first phase of his work, which lasted roughly until the turn of the 20th century. His earliest volume of verse was published in 1889, and its slow-paced and lyrical poems display Yeats's debts to Edmund Spenser, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and the poets of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. From 1900, Yeats's poetry grew more physical and realistic. He largely renounced the transcendental beliefs of his youth, though he remained preoccupied with physical and spiritual masks, as well as with cyclical theories of life.

Bio from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Photo by Alice Boughton (Whyte's) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

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W.B. Yeats Sample Essay: A Great Irish Poet

“yeats can certainly be called a great irish poet”. .

Discuss this statement, supporting your answer with reference to both the themes and language found in the poetry of W. B. Yeats on your course. Introduction

This is used to contrast the harmony of nature to his own feelings. Obviously the poet wants to escape the pavement gray of London. The major theme raised in this poem is escapism, rather than just the love of nature. To further emphasise this harmony Yeats uses assonance and alliteration:

(Tip: try to give some evidence, quotations in this case, for each point you make).

The peace and harmony of nature sharply contrast with the desperate heroism of Countess Markievicz, Thomas McDonagh and Yeats’s other heroes. It emphasises their contribution to the history of this country.

The poet found that the act of the bees building in the crevices of loosening masonry  is similar to his idea of what the Irish people should be aspiring to do in Stare’s Nest by My Window . This is a fascinatingly precise image. The bees symbolise the Irish people who should commit themselves to the hard work of helping to restore the country; the loosening masonry is the fading away British presence. (Other interpretations of loosening masonry are an unstable society. Write about it in a way that resonates with you.)

See another W.B. Yeats essay featuring all of the above poems as well as  Sailing to Byzantium and The Second Coming  (paid content)

• Post author: Martina
• Post published: November 9, 2010
• Post category: English / Poetry / W.B. Yeats

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