The life of W.B. Yeats : a critical biography / Terence Brown
1999, 1st edition. Oxford : Blackwell. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #321619
ISBN: 0631182985
Physical description: xiii, 410 pages; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [383]-398)and index. Contents: Prologue: Sinbad's yellow shore -- Victorian cities: London and Dublin -- The English 1890s -- Poems 1895 -- Conflicts and crises -- Patronage and powers -- An Irish Ireland -- The strong enchanter -- The mid-life mask -- Darkened rooms -- The lonely height -- All changed -- Occult marriage -- The weasel's tooth -- Senator and seer -- Visinary modernist -- Home and abroad -- An old man's frenzy -- Stroke of midnight -- Epilogue: afterlife. Subjects: Yeats, W. B. (William Butler) 1865-1939. Poets, Irish 20th century; Biography. Genre: Biographies.
Price: €30.00