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William Butler Yeats

William Butler Yeats
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William Butler Yeats

William Butler Yeats is generally considered to be Ireland's greatest poet, living or dead, and one of the most important literary figures of the twentieth century. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923.

The Tower will be released on March 06, 2012 in eBook
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The Winding Stair and Other Poems will be released on March 13, 2012 in eBook
Feb 11, 2012
The Yeats Reader, Revised Edition will be released on November 29, 2011 in eBook
Nov 29, 2011
The Yeats Reader, Revised Edition is now available in eBook
Nov 29, 2011
Selected Poems And Four Plays will be released on November 08, 2011 in eBook
Nov 08, 2011
Selected Poems And Four Plays is now available in eBook
Nov 08, 2011
The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats Vol II: The Plays will be released on November 05, 2011 in Trade Paperback
Nov 05, 2011
The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats Vol II: The Plays is now available in Trade Paperback
Nov 05, 2011
The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats Volume VIII: The Iri is now available in Trade Paperback
Sep 24, 2011
The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats Volume VIII: The Iri will be released on September 24, 2011 in Trade Paperback
Sep 24, 2011
The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats Vol. VI: Prefaces an will be released on August 06, 2011 in Trade Paperback
Aug 06, 2011
The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats Vol. VI: Prefaces an is now available in Trade Paperback
Aug 06, 2011
The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats Vol. XII: John Sherm is now available in Trade Paperback
May 07, 2011
The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats Vol. XII: John Sherm will be released on May 07, 2011 in Trade Paperback
May 07, 2011
The Winding Stair and Other Poems will be released on March 15, 2011 in Trade Paperback
Mar 15, 2011
The Winding Stair and Other Poems is now available in Trade Paperback
Mar 15, 2011

Authors on the Web

Cape Cod Online, February 6, 2012
...how many people claimed to have seen fairies and other supernatural creatures in the 19th century? So many! William Butler Yeats traveled around Ireland and recorded some of their stories. Nowadays we would say they were mentally ill. The idea that what...
Sun Star Network, February 5, 2012
..."Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking." - William Butler Yeats, Poet "I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen." - Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect...
Zaman, February 4, 2012
...No Country for Old Men.” The title comes from a line in the poem “Sailing to Byzantium” by William Butler Yeats, so it does have a Turkey connection. But he chooses instead the phrase “the in-between country” and then develops this theme as he...
East Hampton Star, February 2, 2012
...get them both into trouble. Today’s note reads, “How can we tell the dancer from the dance? William Butler Yeats.” Max mutters, “She’s a pip.” He presses a lever and the table drops away, loudly emptying into the bed of the truck. Max drives...
Dartmouth College The Dartmouth, January 31, 2012
...Students and faculty crowded into Haldeman 41 Monday afternoon to discuss the works of William Butler Yeats, Paul Cezanne and Sigmund Freud with Yale University comparative literature professor Peter Brooks. Brooks discussed the way in which the artists...
Abu Dhabi National, January 22, 2012
...extraordinary Boss Bragg, a Dallas Cowboys fan. It will be 1 or 2am and I'll be reading William Butler Yeats to them.They love it. There are many great poems but my favourites are The Wild Old Wicked Man as it has great symbolism, Under Ben Bulben about...
Cincinnati Enquirer, January 22, 2012
...irishcenterofcincinnati.com or call 513-225-6915. Now on view at the Irish Heritage Center: The Life and Works of William Butler Yeats, from the National Library of Ireland and which the Irish Times called one of the most important literary exhibitions...
Tempo, December 5, 2011
...reality, in favor of knowledge based on things like political background or sexual orientation. Put another way, when William Butler Yeats wrote “the center cannot hold,” he also stated the anxiety of our age. That was in 1919. Instead of giving us...
The White House, December 5, 2011
...  I quoted this to the speaker when we had breakfast.  It was an Irish poet named William Butler Yeats who describing the transition taking place in his Ireland in 1916 wrote a poem that had the following line in it, a line that was intended to describe...
Huffington Post, December 5, 2011
...News share this story Get Politics Alerts Submit this story digg reddit stumble The words of Irish poet William Butler Yeats in his poem, The Second Coming, have an eerie resonance for American politics today. "Things fall apart; the center cannot...
Huffington Post, December 5, 2011
...The words of Irish poet William Butler Yeats in his poem, The Second Coming , have an eerie resonance for American politics today. "Things fall apart; the center cannot hold... The best lack all conviction, while the...
New York Times, December 3, 2011
...reality, in favor of knowledge based on things like political background or sexual orientation. Put another way, when William Butler Yeats wrote “the center does not hold,” he also stated the anxiety of our age. That was in 1919. Instead of giving us...
New York Times, December 3, 2011
...reality, in favor of knowledge based on things like political background or sexual orientation. Put another way, when William Butler Yeats wrote he also stated the anxiety of our age. That was in 1919. Instead of giving us of a new and better way of...
New York Times, December 3, 2011
...reality, in favor of knowledge based on things like political background or sexual orientation. Put another way, when William Butler Yeats wrote he also stated the anxiety of our age. That was in 1919. Instead of giving us of a new and better way of...