W.B. Yeats and the Muses /

This text explores how Yeats perceived the women to and about whom he wrote some of his greatest poetry in terms akin to the Greek notion that a poet is inspired and possessed by the feminine voices of the Muses. Newly available letters and manuscripts are used to examine the creative process and in...

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Main Author: Hassett, Joseph M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This text explores how Yeats perceived the women to and about whom he wrote some of his greatest poetry in terms akin to the Greek notion that a poet is inspired and possessed by the feminine voices of the Muses. Newly available letters and manuscripts are used to examine the creative process and interpret the poems.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 258 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-243) and index.
ISBN:9780191591518
0191591513
9780191723216
0191723215