
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...

For William Butler Yeats, poetic license sometimes meant misquoting writers or misspelling Irish words. This reference guide illuminates the poetry of the Irish writer.