Until well into middle age, William Butler Yeats seems to have lived in a waking dream. His early poetry depends on artful haziness for its effect. “The silver apples of the moon” are not to be found ...
THE COLLECTED POEMS OF W. B. YEATS (480 pp.]—Macm/7/an ($5). A month before his death in 1939, Irish Poet William Butler Yeats wrote to a friend: “And I do nothing but write verse.” It was not the ...
A poor student who never went to university, only to painting school, William Butler Yeats professed a scorn for scholarship. Nonetheless, he became an active critic. Financial need motivated much of ...
William Butler Yeats, one of the greatest poets of the 20th century, was born in Ireland 150 years ago this week, and across the country, the Irish are celebrating with public readings and festivals.
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write a weekly profile on the Great Books. In a used bookshop some years ago, I chanced upon a small volume called “Irish Fairy ...
The poetry of WB Yeats is central to the Yeats Day Festival, now in its 14th year. Once again, our global hashtag - YeatsDay - social media event invites people across Ireland and the world to recite ...
The poet W.B. Yeats was born 150 years ago this week. In rural Ireland, a nun whose family has a personal history with the poet has turned a one-room schoolhouse into a small Yeats museum. We're about ...
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