Essays And Introductions
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
One of the twentieth century's most luminous literary minds steps beyond verse to speak directly to the reader in Essays and Introductions, a magisterial collection that lays bare the philosophical and aesthetic foundations of W. B. Yeats's creative universe. This landmark volume gathers his most significant prose writings, chronicling his passionate engagement with symbolism, mysticism, the Irish literary tradition, and the nature of poetry itself — from early meditations on Blake and Shelley to the celebrated prefaces that introduced his own plays and those of fellow writers. Yeats argues with characteristic intensity and lyrical authority that art is not mere entertainment but a sacred act, a gateway to the eternal and the spiritual. Drawn from across several decades of thought, the collection illustrates the evolution of a singular artistic vision that shaped the entire course of modernist literature. Yeats's prose carries the same incantatory power as his poetry — dense with symbol, alive with conviction, and bracingly opinionated — making this an indispensable volume for anyone seeking to understand not just the man, but the movement he helped define. What emerges is a portrait of a writer who believed, above all else, that beauty and truth were inseparable — a belief that continues to challenge and provoke readers to this day.
Author: W. B. Yeats
Format: Hardback
Genre: Essays
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
One of the twentieth century's most luminous literary minds steps beyond verse to speak directly to the reader in Essays and Introductions, a magisterial collection that lays bare the philosophical and aesthetic foundations of W. B. Yeats's creative universe. This landmark volume gathers his most significant prose writings, chronicling his passionate engagement with symbolism, mysticism, the Irish literary tradition, and the nature of poetry itself — from early meditations on Blake and Shelley to the celebrated prefaces that introduced his own plays and those of fellow writers. Yeats argues with characteristic intensity and lyrical authority that art is not mere entertainment but a sacred act, a gateway to the eternal and the spiritual. Drawn from across several decades of thought, the collection illustrates the evolution of a singular artistic vision that shaped the entire course of modernist literature. Yeats's prose carries the same incantatory power as his poetry — dense with symbol, alive with conviction, and bracingly opinionated — making this an indispensable volume for anyone seeking to understand not just the man, but the movement he helped define. What emerges is a portrait of a writer who believed, above all else, that beauty and truth were inseparable — a belief that continues to challenge and provoke readers to this day.