A Reader's Guide To William Butler Yeats
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Few poets have left as indelible a mark on the English literary tradition as W.B. Yeats, and John Unterecker's indispensable guide presents the full sweep of the Irish master's verse with clarity, precision, and genuine scholarly passion. Designed for both the newcomer and the seasoned reader, this volume systematically unpacks Yeats's notoriously complex symbolic system — from the mystical gyres of A Vision to the recurring masks, antinomies, and phases of the moon that animate poems such as The Second Coming and Sailing to Byzantium. Unterecker argues that Yeats's poetry cannot be fully appreciated without a firm grasp of the biographical and intellectual forces that shaped it, and so the guide situates each major work within the arc of a long, restless creative life. Written with the authority of a devoted scholar yet the accessibility of a gifted teacher, this companion illuminates the hidden architecture beneath Yeats's luminous surface — leaving the reader with an urgent desire to return to the poems themselves, this time with newly opened eyes.
Author: John Unterecker
Format: Hardback
Genre: Literary theory
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Few poets have left as indelible a mark on the English literary tradition as W.B. Yeats, and John Unterecker's indispensable guide presents the full sweep of the Irish master's verse with clarity, precision, and genuine scholarly passion. Designed for both the newcomer and the seasoned reader, this volume systematically unpacks Yeats's notoriously complex symbolic system — from the mystical gyres of A Vision to the recurring masks, antinomies, and phases of the moon that animate poems such as The Second Coming and Sailing to Byzantium. Unterecker argues that Yeats's poetry cannot be fully appreciated without a firm grasp of the biographical and intellectual forces that shaped it, and so the guide situates each major work within the arc of a long, restless creative life. Written with the authority of a devoted scholar yet the accessibility of a gifted teacher, this companion illuminates the hidden architecture beneath Yeats's luminous surface — leaving the reader with an urgent desire to return to the poems themselves, this time with newly opened eyes.