W. B. Yeats Images of Ireland by Alain Le Garsmeur and Bernard McCabe (HQ899)

Published 1991: First Edition / Hardcover / Very Good Condition / Illustrated throughout

Original black cloth with gilt titles on the spine and original pictorial dust jacket. 160 very clean and bright pages. Boards slightly rubbed with time. Slight shelf wear on dust jacket consistent with age. (HQ899)

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"At once a marvelous visual record of a beautiful land, a valuable introduction to the poet's work, and a stimulating companion for those who already know and love it, Bernard McCabe's introduction is an affectionate and skilful illumination of the space between the visionary Ireland of Yeat's poems and the Ireland visible in Alain Le Garsmeur's photographs'. "

William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet and dramatist, and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature. A pillar of both the Irish and British literary establishments, in his later years Yeats served as an Irish Senator for two terms. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival, and along with Lady Gregory and Edward Martyn founded the Abbey Theatre, serving as its chief during its early years. In 1923 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for what the Nobel Committee described as "inspired poetry, which in a highly artistic form gives expression to the spirit of a whole nation." He was the first Irishman so honored. Yeats is generally considered one of the few writers who completed their greatest works after being awarded the Nobel Prize; such works include The Tower (1928) and The Winding Stair and Other Poems (1929). Google Books.