The Life of W. B. Yeats by Terence Brown

The Life of W. B. Yeats by Terence Brown

W. B. Yeats is widely regarded as the greatest English-language poet of the twentieth century. This new critical biography seeks to tell the story of his life as it unfolded in the various contexts in which Yeats worked as an artist and as public figure.

"For general readers and undergraduates, Brown's is the best choiceBrown's excellent biography is highly recommended for all readership levels."Choice

"This is a wonderful critical history, meticulously providing a full context in time and place for all of Yeats's writings."The Sunday Tribune

Brown is especially good at showing how Yeats constructed his volumes of poetry as a 'work in progress', and at rooting his acheivements in the venemous politics of Dublin culture wars."New York Times Book Review

"The work is fascinating and a pleasure to read, Brown an illuminating and companiable guide."John McGahern, The Irish Times

"One of the many splendid qualities of Terence Brown's recent biography is its critical appreciation of the poet's extraordinary cultural accomplishments within the broader context of a brilliantly rendered political and social history of modern Ireland.
"Brown's book is nonetheless the finest single-volume biography of the Irish poet since the publication of Richard Ellmann's seminal Yeats: The Man and the Masks in 1948." Reason

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Terence Brown is Professor of Anglo-Irish literature in Trinity College, Dublin and a Fellow of the College. He is also a member of the Royal Irish Academy and of the Academia Europaea, and has lectured widely on Irish literature and on Irish cultural history. Among his books are studies of Louis MacNeice and of Northern Irish poetry. His numerous publications include Ireland: A Social and Cultural History (1985) and Ireland's Literature: Selected Essays (1988). He is also editor of Derek Mahon: Journalism (1996) and Celticism (1996), and was formerly a contributing editor of the Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing.

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ISBN 13	9780631228516
ISBN 10	0631228519
Title	The Life of W. B. Yeats
Author	Terence Brown
Series	Wiley Blackwell Critical Biographies
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Year published	2001-04-14
Number of pages	432
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