Prefaces and Introductions: Uncollected Prefaces and Introductions by Yeats to Works by other Authors and to Anthologies Edited by Yeats (The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats) - Hardcover

Yeats, W.B.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0333325605 ISBN 13: 9780333325605

Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan, 1989

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Editor's Preface - Prefaces and Introductions - Introduction to Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry - 'William Carleton' in Stories from Carleton - Introduction to Representative Irish Tales - Introduction to Irish Fairy Tales - 'William Allingham 1824-1889' in The Poets and the Poetry of the Century - 'Ellen O'Leary 1831-1889' in The Poets and the Poetry of the Century - Preface to The Works of William Blake: Poetic, Symbolic, and Critical - Introduction to Poems of William Blake - 'Modern Irish Poetry' reprinted from A Book of Irish Verse Selected from Modern Writers - 'Lionel Johnson', 'AE', 'Nora Hopper' and 'Althea Gyles', reprinted in A Treasury of Irish Poetry in the English Tongue - 'Thoughts on Lady Gregory's Translations' Prefaces to Cuchulain of Muirthemne and Gods and Fighting Men by Lady Gregory - Preface to Love Songs of Connacht Being the Fourth Chapter of the Songs of Connacht - Untitled Introduction to 'Poetry and Patriotism' by Lionel Johnson in Poetry and Ireland: Essays by W.B.Yeats and Lionel Johnson - Preface to Deirdre of the Sorrows: A Play by J.M.Synge Introduction to Selections from the Writings of Lord Dunsany - Preface to The Post Office by Rabindranath Tagore - Untitled Preface to Shingu Gikyoku Zenshu (Collected Plays of J.M.Synge) - Introduction to The Happy Prince and Other Fairy Tales by Oscar Wilde - Preface to Early Memories: Some Chapters of Autobiography by J.B.Yeats - Preface to An Offering of Swans and Other Poems by Oliver Gogarty - Preface to 'Axel' by Jean Marie Matthias Philippe August Count de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam - Introduction to The Midnight Court by Brian Merriman - Prefatory Letter to the Medici Society in Songs of Innocence by William Blake - 'What we did or tried to do' The Coinage of Saorstat Eireann - Preface to Wild Apples by Oliver Gogarty - 'Anglo-Irish Ballads by F.R.Higgins and W.B.Yeats in Broadsides: A Collection of Old and New Songs - Introduction to Selections from the Poems of Dorothy Wellesley - Introduction to The Lemon Tree by Margot Ruddock - 'Music and Poetry' by W.B.Yeats and Dorothy Wellesley in Broadsides: A Collection of Irish and English Songs - Textual Appendices - Explanatory Annotation - Individual Textual Introductions - List of Copy-texts used for this edition - List of Emendations to the Copy-texts - List of Abbreviations of Works by W.B.Yeats - Index

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Reseña del editor

This volume in The Collected Edition of the Works of W.B.Yeats brings together for the first time thirty-two introductions written for anthologies that he edited or for books by other writers. The introductions span the full length of his career. Their topics range from Irish legends and folklore to the design of graceful new Irish coins. The authors he discusses include William Blake, J.M.Synge, Lady Gregory, Oscar Wilde, Oliver St John Gogarty, Lionel Johnson and Rabindranath Tagore. Full explanatory notes and an index give the reader easy access to the volume's diverse array of topics. The text is reliable and accurate.

Reseña del editor

This volume in the series brings together for the first time 32 introductions written for anthologies that Yeats edited or that he wrote as introductions for books by other writers. The introductions span the full length of his career. Topics range from Irish legends and folklore to the design of graceful new Irish coins. The authors discussed include William Blake, J.M.Synge, Lady Gregory, Oscar Wilde, Oliver St John Gogarty, Lionel Johnson and Rabindranath Tagore.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1989
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0333325605
• ISBN 13: 9780333325605
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 400
• Herausgeber: O'Donnell William H.
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