Yeats, W: W. B. Yeats

Yeats, W.B.

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ISBN 10: 0571247342 ISBN 13: 9780571247349

Casa editrice: Faber And Faber Ltd., 2009

W. B. Yeats (1865-1939) was not only Ireland's greatest poet but one of the most influential voices in world literature in the twentieth century. His extraordinary work, in the words of this volume's editor Seamus Heaney, encourages us 'to be more resolutely and abundantly alive, whatever the conditions.' Other volumes in this series: Auden, Betjemen, Eliot, Hughes and Plath

Descrizione del libro:

W. B. Yeats - a collection of Yeats's poems, selected by Seamus Heaney - is one of six wonderful poetry collections published to celebrate Faber's eightieth anniversary.

L'autore:

W. B. Yeats (1865-1939) was born in Dublin and was educated in Ireland and England. He was instrumental in the development of a national Irish theatre - and in particular the founding of the Abbey Theatre. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923.