The Life of W. B. Yeats A Critical Biography [Paperback]

W. B. Yeats is widely regarded as the greatest English-language poet of the twentieth century. This new critical biography seeks to tell the story of his life as it unfolded in the various contexts in which Yeats worked as an artist and as public figure.List of Illustrations.

Preface and Acknowledgements.

Abbreviations.

Prologue: Sindbad's Yellow Shore.

1. Victorian Cities: London and Dublin.

2. The English 1890s.

3. Poems 1895.

4. Conflicts and Crises.

5. Patronage and Powers.

6. An Irish Ireland.

7. The Strong Enchanter.

8. The Mid-Life Mask.

9. Darkened Rooms.

10. The Lonely Height.

11. All Changed.

12. Occult Marriage.

13. The Weasel's Tooth.

14. Senator and Seer.

15. Visionary Modernist.

16. Home and Abroad.

17. An Old Man's Frenzy.

18. Stroke of Midnight.

Epilogue: Afterlife.

Works Cited.

Select Bibliography and Guide to Further Reading.

Index.

For general readers and undergraduates, Brown's is the best choice. Brown's excellent biography is highly recommended for all readership levels. Choice <!--end-->

This is a wonderful critical history, meticulously providing a full context in time and place for all of Yeats's writings. The Sunday Tribune

Brown is especially good at showing how Yeats constructed his volumes of poetry as a 'work in progress', and at rooting his acheivements in the venemous politics of Dublin culture wars. New York Times Book Review