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A collected volume of W. B. Yeats's poems allows readers to follow the changing work of the Irish writer, who lived from 1865 to 1939 and received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923. Early poems associated with the Celtic Revival sit within a career that developed toward a more austere and comple...
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Yeats's complete poetry represents a foundational modern achievement, combining immense influence, technical mastery, and numerous canonical poems despite occasional obscurity.
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Published in 1916 by the Macmillan Company, this collection gathers W. B. Yeats's poetry from his middle period, including works that address Irish politics, personal responsibility, and the aging poet's shifting aesthetic concerns. The volume includes notable poems such as "September 1913" and "A C...
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Yeats's pivotal collection marks his movement toward harder modern poetry, containing canonical work while remaining less comprehensive than his major collected editions.
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