W.B. Yeats selected plays. Cathleen Ni Hoolihan / On Baile's Strand / Deirdre / The Player Queen / The Dreaming of the Bones / The Only Jealousy of Emer / The Resurrection / The Words Upon the Window-Pane / A Full Moon in March / The Herne's Egg / Purgatory / The Death of Cuchulain
By: Yeats, W. B. (William Butler)
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Contributor(s): Jeffares, A. Norman (Alexander Norman).
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BookPublisher: Dublin : Gill & Macmillan, 1992Description: 261p + pbk.ISBN: 0717118835.DDC classification: 822.914 YEA
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Kerry North Campus Library Store | 822.914 YEA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | Available on Top Floor of the Library. | 38888000003552 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Provides an analysis of a selection of 12 of Yeats' plays which range from the patriotic Kathleen ni Hoolithan, to the explorations of Gaelic legends in Yeats' middle age, to the mixture of farce and symbolism in The Player Queen, through to the stark realism of The Herne's Egg. This book includes an introduction and commentary by A.Jeffares whose other works include W.B. Yeats: Man and Poet and W.B. Yeats: A New Biography.
Includes bibliography.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
William Butler Yeats was born in Dublin, Ireland on June 13, 1865. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival and, along with Lady Gregory, Edward Martyn, and others, founded the Abbey Theatre, where he served as its chief playwright until the movement was joined by John Synge. Yeats' plays included The Countess Cathleen, The Land of Heart's Desire, Cathleen ni Houlihan, The King's Threshold, and Deirdre.Although a convinced patriot, Yeats deplored the hatred and the bigotry of the Nationalist movement, and his poetry is full of moving protests against it. He was appointed to the Irish Senate in 1922. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923 for what the Nobel Committee described as "inspired poetry, which in a highly artistic form gives expression to the spirit of a whole nation." He is one of the few writers who completed their greatest works after being awarded the Nobel Prize. His poetry collections include The Wild Swans at Coole, Michael Robartes and the Dancer, The Tower, The Winding Stair and Other Poems, and Last Poems and Plays. He died on January 28, 1939 at the age of 73.
(Bowker Author Biography)