W.B. Yeats : a life /
R.F. Foster.
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1997-2003.
- 2 v. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
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.