The Life and Poetry of W.B.Yeats

William Butler Yeats was a poet, playwright, essayist, politician, occultist, astrologer, founder of a national theatre, correspondent, lover, husband and father. This work presents his major poems in the context of his rich and eventful life.

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The life of William Butler Yeats is a remarkable one - poet, playwright, essayist, politician, occultist, astrologer, founder of a national theatre, voluminous correspondent, lover, husband and father. It was a life that extended to a packed, sometimes frantic 73 years and left us with what many consider to be one of the finest collections of poetry from once voice.