The Cambridge companion to W.B. Yeats / edited by Marjorie Howes, John Kelly.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Howes, Marjorie Elizabeth.

Kelly, John (John S.)

Series:

Cambridge companions to literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939--Criticism and interpretation.

Yeats, W. B.

Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 242 pages).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Summary:

This accessible and thought-provoking Companion explains and synthesises major themes of Yeats's life and work: his lifelong engagement with Ireland; his complicated relationship to the English literary tradition; his literary, social, and political criticism; and the evolution of his complex spiritual and religious sense. First-time readers of Yeats, as well as more advanced scholars, will welcome this comprehensive account of Yeats's career with its useful chronological outline and survey of the most important current trends in Yeats scholarship as an essential introduction for students and teachers of Yeats.

Contents:

2 Yeats and Romanticism / George Bornstein 19

3 Yeats, Victorianism, and the 1890s / George Watson 36

4 Yeats and Modernism / Daniel Albright 59

5 The later poetry / Helen Vendler 77

6 Yeats and the drama / Bernard O'Donoghue 101

7 Yeats and criticism / Declan Kiberd 115

8 Yeats, folklore, and Irish legend / James Pethica 129

9 Yeats and the occult / Margaret Mills Harper 144

10 Yeats and gender / Elizabeth Butler Cullingford 167

11 Yeats and politics / Jonathan Allison 185

12 Yeats and the postcolonial / Marjorie Howes 206.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780521650892

0521650895

9780521658867

0521658861

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.