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W.B. Yeats and the Muses
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 in...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2010.
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| Online Access: | Click here to view full text |
| 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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| Item Description: | On-campus only: no User ID or password required |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 258 p.) : ports. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191723216 (ebook) : |