An International Companion to the Poetry of W. B. Yeats

By Suheil Bushrui, Tim Prentki, Suheil Badi Bushrei

Contents: Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Yeats's Life; A Brief Outline of Irish History; A Note on the Text; A Note on the Spelling of Gaelic Names; General Commentary; Brief Notes on Style and Metre; Symbolism: The Dancer The Swan The Tower The Gyre; Magic, Myth and Legend; Nationalism and Politics; The Poet's Vision; History and Civilization; People; Places; Summaries; Summaries and Commentaries on Single Poems and Summaries of the Poetry Collections 1889-1939 as listed in Collected Poems; Suggestions for Further Reading; Title Index of Poems Summarized; Index of First Lines of Poems Summarized; General Index.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0389209058
• ISBN13: 9780389209058
• Release Date: September 1990
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.8"