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W.B. Yeats

A Literary Life

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  • © 1995

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Authors:
  1. Alasdair D. F. Macrae

    1. University of Stirling, UK

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Part of the book series: Literary Lives (LL)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxv
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  2. Introduction

    • Alasdair D. F. Macrae
    Pages 1-6

  3. Family and Place

    • Alasdair D. F. Macrae
    Pages 7-31

  4. Yeats and the 1890s: Celtic Twilight and Golden Dawn

    • Alasdair D. F. Macrae
    Pages 32-56

  5. Yeats and Politics

    • Alasdair D. F. Macrae
    Pages 57-80

  6. Yeats and the Theatre: ‘Baptism of the Gutter’

    • Alasdair D. F. Macrae
    Pages 81-101

  7. Friends and Loves

    • Alasdair D. F. Macrae
    Pages 102-125

  8. Masks and Development

    • Alasdair D. F. Macrae
    Pages 126-145

  9. A Vision of Byzantium

    • Alasdair D. F. Macrae
    Pages 146-165

  10. Yeats and Modern Poetry

    • Alasdair D. F. Macrae
    Pages 166-188

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 189-204
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About this book

This is not a straightforward biography but rather an attempt to describe and examine Yeats as a phenomenon, partly shaped by forces and movements around him and partly shaping the public events of his time. His position in literary, political and cultural matters is detailed and the book offers, through the study of Yeats, an introduction to the fashions of ideas between the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Stirling, UK

    Alasdair D. F. Macrae

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