The Collected Works of William Butler Yeats

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This Halcyon Classics collection contains dozens of works by William Butler Yeats, one of the foremost figures of 20th-Century English-language poetry, drama, and literature. Yeats (1865-1939) is best known for his poetry, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923, the first Irish writer so honored.Yeats was born and educated in Dublin, studying poetry in his youth. From an early age he was fascinated by both Irish legends and the occult. Those topics feature in the first phase of his work, which lasted roughly until the turn of the century. His earliest volume of poetry was published in 1889. Yeats was also an important figure in the Irish Literary Revival, and a fervent Irish nationalist as well.Contents:Poetry CollectionsIn the Seven WoodsMichael Robartes and the DancerThe Celtic TwilightThe Green Helmet and Other PoemsThe Wild Swans and CooleDramaThe Countess CathleenThe Hour-GlassThe Land of Heart’s DesireThe Unicorn from the StarsFictionIrish Fairy TalesRosa AlchemicaStories of Red HanrahanThe Secret RoseBiographyFour YearsSynge and the Ireland of His TimeThis unexpurgated edition contains the complete text with errors and omissions corrected.