(william butler)

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.

A biography of the Irish poet, dramatist, and essayist generally considered the most important poet in English of his time.

Examines the first editions of Yeats' 1897 collection of short stories, The Secret Rose, and his 1899 compilation of lyrics and ballads, The Wind Among the Reeds, as well as unpublished manuscripts and notebooks in the Yeats collection of the National Library of Ireland.

Presents 145 poems, four plays, and over forty prose fiction, folklore, autobiographical, and critical writings by W. B. Yeats and over thirty critical pieces on his works, including reviews by his contemporaries and later essays, as well as explanatory notes, a chronology, a textual appendix, and a selected bibliography.

Provides reference information on the life and work of William Butler Yeats, featuring a brief biography of the author, commentaries on his works, and an alphabetical listing of related people, places, and ideas; and including chronologies of his life and publications and a reading list.

Discusses the life and works of the poet William Butler Yeats. Includes a chronology.