W.B.Yeats by Stephen Coote

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W.B.Yeats by Stephen Coote

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Summary

Yeats became one of the leading figures of the 1890's and a profoundly original poet. Here the author tells of his tumultuous creativity which was to capture the essence of the new Irish state and which led him to be created a senator.

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W.B.Yeats by Stephen Coote

In this biography of W.B. Yeats (1865-1939) the author shows him through a life of tumultuous creativity through which he strove to bring new meaning to poetry, vision and politics. The biography explores how Yeats was influenced by his unrequited love for Maud Gonne and how he became one of the leading figures of the decadent 1890's. The book also traces the developing consciousness of Yeats's homeland, the new Irish state, and reveals him as an ardent nationalist, a disillusioned observer of the Irish Civil War who was to become a powerful advocate of greater freedom for Ireland. The book also follows Yeats to the circle of Madam Blavatsky, and his undergoing of secret ceremonies of the Order of the Golden Dawn and then his turn to spiritualism in an attempt to create a philosophy that would embrace all human types and history.

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Stephen Coote was educated at Magdalene College, Oxford and at Birkbeck College, University of London. His biographical subjects include: Samuel Pepys, John Keats and W. B. Yeats.
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ISBN 13 9780340647110
ISBN 10 0340647116
Title W.B.Yeats
Author Stephen Coote
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
Year published 1998-05-21
Number of pages 623
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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