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William Butler Yeats (13 June 1865 – 28 January 1939) was an Irish poet, dramatist and writer, and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival, and along with Lady Gregory founded the Abbey Theatre, serving as its chief during its early years. He was awarded the 1923 Nobel Prize in Literature, and later served two terms as a Senator of the Irish Free State. A Protestant of Anglo-Irish descent, Yeats was born in Sandymount, Ireland. His father practised law and was a successful portrait painter. He was educated in Dublin and London and spent his childhood holidays in County Sligo. He studied poetry from an early age, when he became fascinated by Irish legends and the occult. While in London he became part of the Irish literary revival. His early poetry was influenced by John Keats, William Wordsworth, William Blake and many more. These topics feature in the first phase of his work, lasting roughly from his student days at the Metropolitan School of Art in Dublin until the turn of the century. His earliest volume of verse was published in 1889, and its slow-paced and lyrical poems display debts to Edmund Spenser, Percy Bysshe Shelley and the poets of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. From 1900 his poetry grew more physical, realistic and politicised. He moved away from the transcendental beliefs of his youth, though he remained preoccupied with some elements including cyclical theories of life. He had become the chief playwright for the Irish Literary Theatre in 1897, and early on promoted younger poets such as Ezra Pound. His major works include The Land of Heart's Desire (1894), Cathleen ni Houlihan (1902), Deirdre (1907), The Wild Swans at Coole (1919), The Tower (1928) and Last Poems and Plays (1940). Biography Early years William Butler Yeats was born in Sandymount in County Dublin, Ireland. His father, John Butler Yeats, was a descendant of Jervis Yeats, a Williamite soldier, linen merchant, and well-known painter, who died in 1712. Benjamin Yeats, Jervis's grandson and William's great-great-grandfather, had in 1773 married Mary Butler of a landed family in County Kildare. Following their marriage, they kept the name Butler. Mary was of the Butler of Neigham (pronounced Nyam) Gowran family, descended from an illegitimate brother of The 8th Earl of Ormond.At the time of his marriage, his father, John, was studying law but later pursued art studies at Heatherley School of Fine Art, in London. William's mother, Susan Mary Pollexfen, from Sligo, came from a wealthy merchant family, who owned a milling and shipping business. Soon after William's birth, the family relocated to the Pollexfen home at Merville, Sligo, to stay with her extended family, and the young poet came to think of the area as his childhood and spiritual home. Its landscape became, over time, both personally and symbolically, his "country of the heart". So too did its location by the sea; John Yeats stated that "by marriage with a Pollexfen, we have given a tongue to the sea cliffs". The Butler Yeats family were highly artistic; his brother Jack became an esteemed painter, while his sisters Elizabeth and Susan Mary—known to family and friends as Lollie and Lily—became involved in the Arts and Crafts movement. Their cousin Ruth Pollexfen, who was raised by the Yeats sisters after her parents' separation, designed the interior of the Australian prime minister's official residence.Yeats was raised a member of the Protestant Ascendancy, which was at the time undergoing a crisis of identity. While his family was supportive of the changes Ireland was experiencing, the nationalist revival of the late 19th century directly disadvantaged his heritage and informed his outlook for the remainder of his life. In 1997, his biographer R. F. Foster observed that Napoleon's dictum that to understand the man you have to know what was happening in the world when he was twenty "is manifestly true of W.B.Y." Yeats's childhood and young adulthood were shadowed by the power-shift away from the minority Protestant Ascendancy. The 1880s saw the rise of Charles Stewart Parnell and the home rule movement; the 1890s saw the momentum of nationalism, while the Irish Catholics became prominent around the turn of the century. These developments had a profound effect on his poetry, and his subsequent explorations of Irish identity had a significant influence on the creation of his country's biography.In 1867, the family moved to England to aid their father, John, to further his career as an artist. At first, the Yeats children were educated at home. Their mother entertained them with stories and Irish folktales. John provided an erratic education in geography and chemistry and took William on natural history explorations of the nearby Slough countryside. On 26 January 1877, the young poet entered the Godolphin School, which he attended for four years. He did not distinguish himself academically, and an early school report describes his performance as "only fair. Perhaps better in Latin than in any other subject. Very poor in spelling". Though he had difficulty with mathematics and languages (possibly because he was tone deaf and had dyslexia), he was fascinated by biology and zoology. In 1879 the family moved to Bedford Park taking a two-year lease at 8 Woodstock Road. For financial reasons, the family returned to Dublin toward the end of 1880, living at first in the suburbs of Harold's Cross and later in Howth. In October 1881, Yeats resumed his education at Dublin's Erasmus Smith High School. His father's studio was nearby and William spent a great deal of time there, where he met many of the city's artists and writers. During this period he started writing poetry, and, in 1885, the Dublin University Review published Yeats's first poems, as well as an essay entitled "The Poetry of Sir Samuel Ferguson". Between 1884 and 1886, William attended the Metropolitan School of Art—now the National College of Art and Design—in Thomas Street. In March 1888 the family moved to 3 Blenheim Road in Bedford Park where they would remain until 1902. The rent on the house in 1888 was £50 a year.He began writing his first works when he was seventeen; these included a poem—heavily influenced by Percy Bysshe Shelley—that describes a magician who set up a throne in central Asia. Other pieces from this period include a draft of a play about a bishop, a monk, and a woman accused of paganism by local shepherds, as well as love-poems and narrative lyrics on German knights. The early works were both conventional and, according to the critic Charles Johnston, "utterly unIrish", seeming to come out of a "vast murmurous gloom of dreams". Although Yeats's early works drew heavily on Shelley, Edmund Spenser, and on the diction and colouring of pre-Raphaelite verse, he soon turned to Irish mythology and folklore and the writings of William Blake. In later life, Yeats paid tribute to Blake by .... Discover the William Butler Yeats popular books. Find the top 100 most popular William Butler Yeats books.
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The Collected Works in Verse and Prose of William Butler Yeats, Vol. 2
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A Book of Irish Verse Selected From Modern Writers, With an Introduction and Notes by William Butler Yeats
William Butler YeatsThis book contains a collection of modern poetry with an introduction and notes by William Butler Yeats.
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Some Essays and Passages by John Eglinton, Selected by William Butler Yeats
John EglintonThis book is a collection of essays and passages by John Eglinton and curated by William Butler Yeats.
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The Collected Works in Verse and Prose of William Butler Yeats, Vol. 7
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Essay on William Butler Yeats
Markus BüsseckerIn order to approach the given discussion topic it is necessary to define approximately the period in which Yeatss early work can be found. It is widely accepted amongst his biogr...
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A Selection From the Love Poetry of William Butler Yeats
William Butler YeatsThis book, published by the Cuala Press in 1913, is a collection of love poems by William Butler Yeats, including "Early Poems," "The Wind Among the Reeds," "In...
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The Poems of William Butler Yeats, Second Series Ed.
William Butler YeatsThis volume contains the poems of William Butler Yeats's second series. Included in this edition are "The Wind Among the Reeds," "The Old Age of Queen Maeve," &...
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The Collected Poetry of William Butler Yeats
W. B. YeatsBorn and educated in Dublin, Ireland, William Butler Yeats (18651939) discovered early in his literary career a fascination with Irish folklore and the occult. Later awarded the No...
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The Collected Poetry of William Butler Yeats
W. B. YeatsBorn and educated in Dublin, Ireland, William Butler Yeats discovered early in his literary career a fascination with Irish folklore and the occult. Later awarded the Nobel Prize f...
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The Poetry of Impermanence, Mindfulness, and Joy
John BrehmOver 125 poetic companions, from Basho to Billy Collins, Saigyo to Shakespeare.The Poetry of Impermanence, Mindfulness, and Joy received the Spirituality & Practice Book A...
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Essay on William Butler Yeats
Markus BüsseckerDer Essay behandelt die schwierige Situation des jungen Yeats zwischen Literatur und Politik der 1890er Jahre in Irland.
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Works of William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats28 works of William Butler Yeats Irish poet (18651939) This ebook presents a collection of 28 works of William Butler Yeats. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly...
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The Collected Works in Verse and Prose of William Butler Yeats
William Butler YeatsThe host is riding from Knocknarea And over the grave of Cloothnabare; Caolte tossing his burning hair And Niamh calling Away, come away: Empty your heart of its mortal dream. The ...
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Poetry 101
Susan DalzellBecome a poet and write poetry with ease with help from this clear and simple guide in the popular 101 series. Poetry never goes out of style. An ancient writing form found in civi...
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Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know
Colm TóibínFrom Colm Tóibín, the formidable awardwinning author of The Master and Brooklyn, an illuminating, intimate study of Irish culture, history, and literature told through the lives an...
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Twenty One Poems Written by Lionel Johnson, Selected by William Butler Yeats
Lionel JohnsonThis book contains a collection of 21 poems written by Lionel Johnson, and also includes an introduction by W.B. Yeats.
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Escape into Meaning
Evan PuschakProducer, editor, and writer behind the highly addictive, informative, and popular YouTube channel The Nerdwriter, Evan Puschak presents “a brilliant, wideranging essay collection ...
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Twenty-One Poems by Katharine Tynan, Selected by William Butler Yeats.
Katharine TynanThis slim volume, published in 1907, is a collection of 21 poems by Katharine Tynan, selected by William Butler Yeats.
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Works of William Butler Yeats
William Butler YeatsThis collection was designed for optimal navigation on iPad and other electronic devices. It is indexed alphabetically, chronologically and by category, making it easier to access...
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Mr. William Butler Yeats Introduces the Poetical Works of William Blake
William BlakeThis 1910 volume is a collection of the poetical sketches of WIlliam Blake and includes a lengthy introduction by the Irish poet, William Butler Yeats.
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Selected Poems And Four Plays
William Butler YeatsSince its first appearance in 1962, M. L. Rosenthal's classic selection of Yeats's poems and plays has attracted hundreds of thousands of readers. This newly revised edition includ...