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Collected Works of W. B. Yeats Vol. 6 : Prefaces and Introductions by W. Yeats (1990, Hardcover)
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PublisherScribner
ISBN-100025925512
ISBN-139780025925519
eBay Product ID (ePID)13269
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Book TitleCollected Works of W. B. Yeats Vol. 6 : Prefaces and Introductions
Number of Pages384 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicGeneral, Europe / Ireland, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Publication Year1990
GenreLiterary Criticism, Fiction, History
AuthorW. Yeats
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight22.4 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN88-037045
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Dewey Edition19
Dewey Decimal821.8 s
SynopsisPrefaces and Introductions, Volume VI ofThe Collected Works of W.B. Yeats, brings together for the first time thirty-two introductions by Yeats to the works of such literary greats as William Blake, J.M. Synge, Lady Gregory, Oscar Wilde, Oliver St. John Gogarty, Lionel Johnson, and Rabindranath Tagore. The introductions, which span the Nobel laureate's entire career, reflect the broad reach of Yeats's literary and cultural interests.Writing of fairies, ghosts, and witches in his introduction toFairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry, Yeats discovers that they were still extant in Ireland, at least in 1888, "giving gifts to the kindly, and plaguing the surly." In his preface to Stories from Carleton he tells of that sweetest ginger of Gaelic tunes, Mary Carleton, who was once asked to sing the air "The Red-haired Man's Wife" and replied: "I will sing for you, but the English words and the air are like a quarreling man and wife. The Irish melts into the tune: the English does not." And in distinguishing the Irish from the English poets of his day inA Treasury of Irish Poetry in the English Tongue, Yeats remarks: "Contemporary Irish poets believe in spiritual life, invisible and troubling, and express their belief in their poetry. Contemporary English poets are interested in the glory, the order, the passion or the pleasure of the world."Always insightful and often charming,Prefaces and Introductionsreveals the breadth of Yeats's talent as essayist, critic, folklorist, and raconteur.
LC Classification NumberPR5900.A2F56
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