W. B. Yeats A Life, Volume I: the Apprentice Mage 1865-1914 |
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Author:
| Foster, R. F. |
ISBN: | 978-0-19-288085-7 |
Publication Date: | Dec 1998 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $47.99 |
Book Description:
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In this acclaimed new biography, Roy Foster describes Yeats's progress from childhood through a bohemian life of love-affairs, artistic development, and political involvements, to his 50th year. Drawing on a great archive of personal and contemporary material, Foster charts the growth of a poet's mind and of an astonishing personality, both of which were instrumental in the formation of a new and radicalized Irish nationalist identity.
In this acclaimed new biography, Roy Foster describes Yeats's progress from childhood through a bohemian life of love-affairs, artistic development, and political involvements, to his 50th year. Drawing on a great archive of personal and contemporary material, Foster charts the growth of a poet's mind and of an astonishing personality, both of which were instrumental in the formation of a new and radicalized Irish nationalist identity.