A Book of Irish Verse

2. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-0-415-28983-2
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 198 mm, Gewicht: 229 g

Reihe: Routledge Classics

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.

Zielgruppe

General

Autoren/Hrsg.

Yeats, W. B.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction to the Routledge Classics Edition, Preface, Modern Irish Poetry, List of Poems, Anonymous, notes

Über Autor(innen)

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