irish poets

Irene Worth joins members of the First Poetry Quartet relating stories and reciting original works of the Irish poet.

Examines the early life of Irish poet Seamus Heaney as an Ulster Catholic, and discusses the factors that influenced his development as a writer.

Chronicles the life of twentieth-century Irish poet Seamus Heaney, from his infancy to his Nobel Prize in 1995, and also discusses his post-Nobel life, family, writings, and other related topics.

Chronicles the life of William Butler Yeats from 1915 to 1939 against the backdrop of the Irish revolution, discussing how the country's turmoil influenced his life and his writing.

Profiles twenty-one Irish poets, including a brief biography of each poet and a list of their works and achievements.

A biography of twentieth-century poet W. B. Yeats, discussing the early influence of his Irish mother who, with her ghost stories, steered him onto his occultist path; looking at his experiments with his much younger wife George in Automatic Script; and analyzing his public career in Ireland, his late poetry, and other aspects of his life.