The Secret Rose, Stories by W. B. Yeats A Variorum Edition [Hardcover]

This is a reissue of a much-admired variorum edition of Yeats's stories. 'This edition, which includes previously unpublished texts, gives a text history, which establishes once and for all the extent to which Yeats's work was modified by editors. Truly definitive. Indispensible for any major collection, including public libraries.' Library JournalList of Illustrations - Preface to the First Edition - Preface to the Second Edition - Abbreviations and Symbols - Introduction - THE SECRET ROSE: TEXTS AND VARIANTS - Texts from Mythologies and the Irish Dramatic Movement (1932) - The Secret Rose - Stories of Red Hanrahan - Rosa Alchemica, the Tables of the Law, and The Adoration of the Magi - Notes - OTHER TEXTS - The Binding of the Hair (1896-1897) - The Book of the Great Dhoul and Hanrahan the Red (1897)/The Devil's Book (1892) - The Twisting of the Rope and Hanrahan the Red (1892-1897) - Kathleen the Daughter of Hoolihan and Hanrahan the Red (1894-1897) - The Curse of Hanrahan the Red (1894-1897) - The Vision of Hanrahan the Red (1896-1897) - The Death of Hanrahan the Red (1896-1897) - The Rose of Shadow (1894-1897) - Dedications and Notes - Appendixes - Variants from Mythologies (1959) - Line-End Word Division in the Copy Texts - Related Documents - Census of Other Manuscript and Proof Materials - The Illustrations - Bibliography