W.B. Yeats and the Muses [electronic resource] / Joseph M. Hassett.

By:

Hassett, Joseph M

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 258 p.) : portsISBN:

9780191723216 (ebook) :

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Additional physical formats: Print version: No titleDDC classification:

821.8 22

LOC classification:

PR5908

Online resources:

Oxford scholarship online

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.

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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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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