Yeats Selected Poetry

London: Pan Books in Association with MacMillan, 1974 This anthology, drawn from the complete verse of William Butler Yeats, reflects the many themes and influences that occur throughout the work of this remarkable lyric poet and winner of the Nobel Prize. The selection shows the early echoes of Shelley and Spenser in Yeats' verse, his fascination with Irish folk tales and legendry and with themes from Blake and other mystics. By the turn of the century his work displayed the powerful influence of the Symbolist poets, as he moved toward the more direct style of his later maturity. The troubled history of Ireland and the swift changes of the new century are all reflected in the developing art of this outstanding man of letters, of whom the critic Gilbert Phelps has written - "In his best poems the Irish scene comes to symbolize the whole human dilemma." ----------------------------------------- 232 pages ---------- Orders of $100.00 or more are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Size: Roughly 4½ " Wide - 7" Tall