Yeats's Worlds: Ireland, England and the Poetic Imagination David Pierce (Author)
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Yeats, William Butler
William Butler Yeats was Ireland's leading poet, chief architect of the Irish Literary Revival, and, according to T.S. Eliot, "one of those few whose history is the history of their own time, who are part of the consciousness of an age which cannot be understood without them". In this study, David Pierce offers a perspective that attends as much to Yeats's English contexts as his Irish ones, and to the preoccupations of his art. If he was critical of British attitudes towards Ireland, the book states, Yeats was also much taken with English life, with the coterie atmosphere of the Rhymers' Club in the 1890s, with membership of the Saville Club in London, with gatherings at English country houses. For this intimate portrait of Yeats, Pierce pays particular attention to the hitherto unappreciated role of the poet's English wife, George Yeats, and to her presence, influence and humour. Interweaving biography, criticism and history, Pierce follows Yeats's life from his birth in Dublin in 1865 to his death in the south of France in 1939. He describes Yeats's family and home; his interest in the oral tradition, the occult, and automatic writing; his literary activities in London and Dublin; his work with the Abbey Theatre and his life during World War I; his response to the Irish War of Independence and the Civil War; his friendship with fellow-modernist Ezra Pound; his sympathy with fascism; and his rage against old age.
- Rank: #366874 in Books
- Published on: 1995-10-25
- Original language:
English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 10.35" h x
1.18" w x
7.95" l,
2.78 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 360 pages
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Book Faeries described and Illustrated by Brian Froud and Alan Lee, edited and designed by David Larkin. Issue was banned pending a lawsuit due to the nature of the nudity and apparent young age of the female faeries. Copyright 1978 Rufus Publications. Published 1979 by Peacock Press/Bantam Books, New York. Large format hardcover with Dust Jacket, gold embossed linen cover. 185 illustrations, 147 in full color. The illustrations are wonderful.
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Faeries explores a whole new world - a world of magic charged with wild beauty of creatures who do not live by human rules. Theirs is a realm of wonder, exquisite delight, and enchanted danger.
The two gifted artists who created this book, Alan Lee and Brian Froud, have made a study of the history of Faerie. Going to old sources, they examined the myths and legends, sorted fact from fancy, and finally, illuminated their findings with over two hundred extraordinary drawings and full-colour paintings. Rarely have research and artistry combined to produce so beautiful a result.
All the faerie types are identified and pictured - water faeries, elves, pixies, leprechauns, tree faeries, dryads, and many others. Information on their favourite haunts, pastimes, and ways of life are drawn from Celtic stories, from the great oral tradition of the English language, and from writers and poets. Among these sources are the Ballad of Thomas the Rhymer, the great Irish poet WB Yeats's "The Song of Wandering Aengus" and Christina Rossetti's enchanting poem "Goblin Market." Here too are the stories of Oisin, The Humpback Lusmore, the Miser on the Faerie Gump and Lutey and the Mermaid - each traced to its origins, charmingly retold, and illustrated in the most-sensitive fantasy style imaginable.
Brian Froud is well known for his own book in Peacock Press's fantasy series and for scores of illustrations appearing elsewhere; Alan Lee has painted dozens of cover illustrations for imaginative fiction. Both artists live in Devon, England - working together close by the brooding woods and high, windy tors of a land that seems perpetually steeped in the faerie spirit.
Book is hard cover with dust jacket. Book contents and illustrations are delightful in like new condition. Dust jacket is in excellent condition, but as part of the manufacturing process there s shiny almost cellophane type sealer on the dust jacket. This has several wrinkles that are noticeable when the cover is tilted in the light. See photos for more details.
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