A Book of Irish Verse

Paperback

Main Details

Title A Book of Irish Verse
Authors and Contributors      Edited by W. B. Yeats
Introduction by John Banville
SeriesRoutledge Classics
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback
Pages:208
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenrePoetry anthologies
ISBN/Barcode 9780415289832
ClassificationsDewey:821.00809415
Audience
Undergraduate
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
General
Edition New edition

Publishing Details

Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint Routledge
Publication Date 11 July 2002
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

In 1895 the thirty-year-old W.B. Yeats, already established as one of Ireland's leading poets and folklorists, published this outstanding collection of Irish verse as part of his campaign to establish a tradition of Irish poetry fit for the dawn of a new age in Ireland's history. This Routledge Classics edition, complete with a specially commissioned introduction by acclaimed writer and critic John Banville, is essential reading for all who appreciate good literature.

Author Biography

William Butler Yeats (1865-1939). One of the great poets of the modern age. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Poetry in 1923.

Reviews

'Yeats was one of the few whose history is the history of their own time, who are a part of the consciousness of an age which cannot be understood without them.' - T.S. Eliot