Author : Wayne K. Chapman
Publisher : Palgrave MacMillan
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Yeats's Poetry in the Making by : Wayne K. Chapman
Download or read book Yeats's Poetry in the Making written by Wayne K. Chapman and published by Palgrave MacMillan. This book was released on 2010-07-16 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces the creative process in Yeats's writing, in his making and remaking of verse, and in the development of a whole body of work during the last forty years of his life. Lyrical and philosophical poetry, verse-drama, the shifting contexts of personal and political events – including controversy, world and civil war, and a large dose of artistic experimentation - are all dealt with here. The book is illustrated and loaded with unpublished material, including the extant remains of Yeats's ambitious but unfinished “fifth play for dancers”, based on the local legends of Ballylee that Yeats made his own. The book addresses overlooked or inadequately presented findings in Yeats studies and brings to light much wholly new matter, including a comprehensive 'Chronology' of the composition of poems, the first since Ellmann's The Identity of Yeats. The book welcomes newcomers interested in detailed narratives about poetry “well-made” and life well-lived.