A Yeats Dictionary: Persons and Places in the Poetry of William Butler Yeats

by Lester I. Conner

This is the first dictionary to identify, chart, and explain in context the many proper names and place names that so famously enrich the poetry of William Butler Yeats and, just as famously, anchor that poetry to Ireland. In compiling this work, Lester I. Conner has relied upon Yeats's own prose, the principal Yeats criticism, and the writings of Yeats's friends and critics. The result is a work that warmly ushers us into the poems, where we find...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081562770X
• ISBN13: 9780815627708
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A gift for those who love Yeats

This book will prove a pure delight for the person who loves Yeats. Dr.zilbergeld