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W.B. Yeats : a life / R.F. Foster.

By: Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1997-2003.Description: 2 v. : ill., ports. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0192117351 (v. 1)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 821/.8 B 20
LOC classification:
  • PR5906 .F66 1997
Incomplete contents:
Vol. 1. The apprentice mage, 1865-1914 -- vol. 2 The arch-poet 1915-1939.
V. 1: Prologue: Yeatses and Pollexfens. 1. The Artist's Children: Sligo 1865-1881 -- 2. Explorations: Dublin 1881-1887 -- 3. Two Years: Bedford Park 1887-1889 -- 4. Secret Societies 1889-1891 -- 5. The Battles of the Books 1891-1898 -- 6. Lands of Heart's Desire 1894-1898 -- 7. Waiting for the Millennium 1896-1898 -- 8. Shadowy Waters 1898-1900 -- 9. Occult Politics 1900-1901 -- 10. National Dramas 1901-1902 -- 11. The Taste of Salt 1902-1903 -- 12. From America to Abbey Street 1903-1904 -- 13. Delighting in Enemies 1905-1906 -- 14. Synge and the Ireland of His Time 1907-1909 -- 15. Severances 1909-1910 -- 16. True and False Irelands 1910-1911 -- 17. Ghosts 1911-1913 -- 18. Memory Harbour 1913-1914 -- Appendix: 'The Poet Yeats Talks Drama With Ashton Stevens', from the San Francisco Examiner, 30 January 1904.
V. 2: Prologue: Crossways. 1. Accomplishment and Noh 1915-1916 -- 2. Shades and Angels 1916-1917 -- 3. The Sense of Happiness 1917-1919 -- 4. A Feeling for Revelation 1919-1920 -- 5. 'Weight and Measure in a Time of Dearth' 1920-1921 -- 6. Living in the Explosion 1922-1925 -- 7. Bad Writers and Bishops 1924-1925 -- 8. Vanity and Pride 1925-1927 -- 9. Striking a Match 1927-1930 -- 10. One Last Burial 1930-1932 -- 11. Struggles Towards Reality 1932-1933 -- 12. A New Fanaticism 1933-1934 -- 13. Passionate Metaphysics 1934-1935 -- 14. Fire and Eating 1936-1937 -- 15. Folly and Elegance 1937-1938 -- 16. Dying Like an Empire 1938-1939. Epilogue: Genius and History. Appendix 1: Letter and Memorandum from the Abbey Directors to the Free State Government, Opening Negotiations for a Subsidy; Appendix 2: Lionel Curtis's Account of His Meeting with WBY on 20 January 1923.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks PR5906 .F66 V.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039000698794
Book Book NMC Library Stacks PR5906 .F66 V.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039000698802

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Vol. 1. The apprentice mage, 1865-1914 -- vol. 2 The arch-poet 1915-1939.

V. 1: Prologue: Yeatses and Pollexfens. 1. The Artist's Children: Sligo 1865-1881 -- 2. Explorations: Dublin 1881-1887 -- 3. Two Years: Bedford Park 1887-1889 -- 4. Secret Societies 1889-1891 -- 5. The Battles of the Books 1891-1898 -- 6. Lands of Heart's Desire 1894-1898 -- 7. Waiting for the Millennium 1896-1898 -- 8. Shadowy Waters 1898-1900 -- 9. Occult Politics 1900-1901 -- 10. National Dramas 1901-1902 -- 11. The Taste of Salt 1902-1903 -- 12. From America to Abbey Street 1903-1904 -- 13. Delighting in Enemies 1905-1906 -- 14. Synge and the Ireland of His Time 1907-1909 -- 15. Severances 1909-1910 -- 16. True and False Irelands 1910-1911 -- 17. Ghosts 1911-1913 -- 18. Memory Harbour 1913-1914 -- Appendix: 'The Poet Yeats Talks Drama With Ashton Stevens', from the San Francisco Examiner, 30 January 1904.

V. 2: Prologue: Crossways. 1. Accomplishment and Noh 1915-1916 -- 2. Shades and Angels 1916-1917 -- 3. The Sense of Happiness 1917-1919 -- 4. A Feeling for Revelation 1919-1920 -- 5. 'Weight and Measure in a Time of Dearth' 1920-1921 -- 6. Living in the Explosion 1922-1925 -- 7. Bad Writers and Bishops 1924-1925 -- 8. Vanity and Pride 1925-1927 -- 9. Striking a Match 1927-1930 -- 10. One Last Burial 1930-1932 -- 11. Struggles Towards Reality 1932-1933 -- 12. A New Fanaticism 1933-1934 -- 13. Passionate Metaphysics 1934-1935 -- 14. Fire and Eating 1936-1937 -- 15. Folly and Elegance 1937-1938 -- 16. Dying Like an Empire 1938-1939. Epilogue: Genius and History. Appendix 1: Letter and Memorandum from the Abbey Directors to the Free State Government, Opening Negotiations for a Subsidy; Appendix 2: Lionel Curtis's Account of His Meeting with WBY on 20 January 1923.

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