W. B. Yeats and George Yeats: The Letters

Author:   Ann Saddlemyer (Master and Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780198184386


Pages:   638
Publication Date:   17 March 2011
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Ann Saddlemyer (Master and Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.10cm , Height: 3.90cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   1.061kg
ISBN:  

9780198184386


ISBN 10:   0198184387
Pages:   638
Publication Date:   17 March 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Note on Editorial Principles Manuscript Sources Abbreviations and Short Forms General Introduction The Letters Part One 1913-1917 Part Two Family Matters 1918-21 Part Three A Home in Ireland 1922-24 Part Four Cuala and Theatre Business 1925-27 Part Five Changes 1928-33 Part Six Adjustments 1934-36 Part Seven Endings 1937-39 Post Script Index of Names General Index

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illustrate(s) their unusual relationship Adrian Frazier, Irish Times


Recommended as a Book of the Year 2011 Lisa Hilton, Times Literary Supplement Incomparably annotated by Ann Saddlemyer, this is a magnificent book, revealing the drives and needs of genius being comprehended and accommodated in a more or less domestic setting. Lisa Hilton, Times Literary Supplement The book captures the unique relationship between Yeats and George Irish Daily Mail The Letters are brilliantly annotated by Ann Saddlemyer Sunday Business Post illustrate(s) their unusual relationship Adrian Frazier, Irish Times these fascinating letters and the excellence of this edition of them will provide much food for thought for Yeats scholars and those interested in the wider cultural history of these isles in the period. Tom Walker, Irish Studies Review provides a fresh perspective Oldie


The Letters are brilliantly annotated by Ann Saddlemyer Sunday Business Post illustrate(s) their unusual relationship Adrian Frazier, Irish Times


Author Information

A Canadian by birth, Ann Saddlemyer has published extensively on Irish and Canadian theatre and edited the plays of J.M.Synge, Lady Gregory and the letters between the founding Directors of the Abbey theatre. Her most recent publication is the authorized biography of Mrs W B Yeats. She has taught at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, New York University (where she held the Berg chair), and the University of Toronto where she has been Director of the Graduate Centre for Study of Drama and the Master of Massey College.

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