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Imagining Ireland in the Poems and Plays of W. B. Yeats : Nation, Class, and State /

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An important part of the national imaginary, Yeat's work has helped to invent the nation of Ireland, while critiquing the modern state that emerged from it's revolutionary period. This study offers a chronological account of Yeat's volumes of poetry, contextualizing and analyzing them...

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Main Author: Bradley, Anthony (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Series:New directions in Irish and Irish American literature.
Subjects:
Literature.
British and Irish Literature.
Cultural Anthropology.
Poetry and Poetics.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
British literature.
Ethnology.
Literature, Modern > 20th century.
Poetry.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:An important part of the national imaginary, Yeat's work has helped to invent the nation of Ireland, while critiquing the modern state that emerged from it's revolutionary period. This study offers a chronological account of Yeat's volumes of poetry, contextualizing and analyzing them in light of Irish cultural and political history.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (266 pages)
ISBN:9780230119543
DOI:10.1057/9780230119543