A Reader's Guide to William Butler Yeats
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The poetry of William Butler Yeats presents unusual problems for the general reader. Yeats drew heavily upon mystical and theosophical systems of a more or less arcane nature. Moreover, he often referred to events in his own life and in the history of modem Ireland which require elucidition for the non-specialist. A Reader's Guide to William Butler Yeats not only provides the background needed for an understanding of the works but also reveals the structure of images and meanings of the various lyrics.
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A Reader's Guide to William Butler Yeats, John Eugene Unterecker
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- Released
- 1996
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- (Paperback)
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- Title
- A Reader's Guide to William Butler Yeats
- Language
- English
- Authors
- John Eugene Unterecker
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Released
- 1996
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 310
- ISBN10
- 0815603401
- ISBN13
- 9780815603405
- Series
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- The poetry of William Butler Yeats presents unusual problems for the general reader. Yeats drew heavily upon mystical and theosophical systems of a more or less arcane nature. Moreover, he often referred to events in his own life and in the history of modem Ireland which require elucidition for the non-specialist. A Reader's Guide to William Butler Yeats not only provides the background needed for an understanding of the works but also reveals the structure of images and meanings of the various lyrics.