Yeats & American poetry : the tradition of the self / Terence Diggory.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Diggory, Terence, 1951- author.

Series:

Princeton Legacy Library

Princeton Legacy Library ; 994

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Yeats, W. B.

American poetry--20th century--History and criticism.

American poetry.

American poetry--Irish influences.

Poetry--Psychological aspects.

Poetry.

Self in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Other Title:

Yeats and American poetry

Yeats and American poetry.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1983]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work is designed to show a double influence: first, that of American poets, especially Whitman, on W. B. Yeats, and, second, of Yeats on a wide range of American poets who began their careers during the first decades of the century.Originally published in 1983.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

PERMISSIONS

NOTE ON CITATIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS

I. INTRODUCTION : "THE TRADITION OF MYSELF"

II. AN AMERICAN TRADITION: EMERSON, POE, THOREAU, AND WHITMAN

III. A LIVE TRADITION: EZRA POUND

IV. NATURAL SPEECH: THE NINETEEN-TENS

V. ARTIFICIAL LIVES: THE NINETEEN-TWENTIES

VI. PUBLIC SPEECH: THE NINETEEN-THIRTIES

VII. PRIVATE LIVES: THE NINETEEN-FORTIES

VIII. CONCLUSION: THE END OF TRADITION

NOTES

INDEX

Backmatter

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-691-64137-4

1-4008-5380-X

0-691-61360-5

OCLC:

889249561