Memoirs: The Original Unpublished Text Of The Autobiography And The Journal
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Few literary figures cast as long a shadow over the twentieth century as William Butler Yeats, and Memoirs offers an extraordinary, unguarded window into the mind of Ireland's greatest poet. This volume presents the original unpublished texts of both his Autobiography and his private Journal — candid, unpolished writings that Yeats never intended for public eyes — edited with scholarly precision by Denis Donoghue, and illuminating the formative experiences, passions, and obsessions that shaped one of literature's most towering careers. Within these pages, Yeats chronicles his turbulent relationships, his mystical preoccupations, and his evolving aesthetic philosophy with a raw honesty absent from his more polished public writings. Donoghue's sensitive editorial hand contextualises each revelation without diminishing their intimacy, making this an indispensable companion to the poetry itself. Whether you are a seasoned Yeats scholar or a curious newcomer to his world, Memoirs promises to forever alter the way you read the verse — leaving you to wonder what other secrets the poet kept locked away.
Author: W. B. Yeats
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Few literary figures cast as long a shadow over the twentieth century as William Butler Yeats, and Memoirs offers an extraordinary, unguarded window into the mind of Ireland's greatest poet. This volume presents the original unpublished texts of both his Autobiography and his private Journal — candid, unpolished writings that Yeats never intended for public eyes — edited with scholarly precision by Denis Donoghue, and illuminating the formative experiences, passions, and obsessions that shaped one of literature's most towering careers. Within these pages, Yeats chronicles his turbulent relationships, his mystical preoccupations, and his evolving aesthetic philosophy with a raw honesty absent from his more polished public writings. Donoghue's sensitive editorial hand contextualises each revelation without diminishing their intimacy, making this an indispensable companion to the poetry itself. Whether you are a seasoned Yeats scholar or a curious newcomer to his world, Memoirs promises to forever alter the way you read the verse — leaving you to wonder what other secrets the poet kept locked away.