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The Gonne-Yeats Letters, 1893-1938 / Edition 1

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ISBN-10:: 0815603029
ISBN-13:: 9780815603023
Pub. Date:: 12/01/1994
Publisher:: Syracuse University Press

ISBN-10:: 0815603029
ISBN-13:: 9780815603023
Pub. Date:: 12/01/1994
Publisher:: Syracuse University Press

The Gonne-Yeats Letters, 1893-1938 / Edition 1

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ISBN-13:	9780815603023
Publisher:	Syracuse University Press
Publication date:	12/01/1994
Series:	Irish Studies Series
Edition description:	1st ed
Pages:	544
Product dimensions:	5.99(w) x 8.97(h) x 1.23(d)

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Anna MacBride White is one of Maud Gonne's four grandchildren. She studied medicine at University College, Dublin, and currently lives in Dublin with her husband and four children.

A. Norman Jeffares has taught at a number of universities and is the author of A History of Anglo-Irish Literature, W. B. Yeats: A New Biography; Yeats's Poems, and W. B. Yeats, A Vision and Related Writings.

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They were friends, they were lovers, they were, above all, parents to each other- she fatherly to him, he motherly to her. . . . Anna MacBride White provides an interesting account of her grandmother Maud Gonne, while A. Norman Jeffares, one of Yeats's biographers, gives an admirably detailed account of the intertwined careers of the famous pair; his annotations to the letters are all that a reader could wish.

The New York Times Book Review

This collection documents the lengthy platonic love affair between William Butler Yeats and Irish nationalist Maud Gonne. (Jan.)

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

This correspondence, which began when Gonne was 22 and Yeats was 23 and ended with his death, includes 373 of her letters but only 30 of his since most of his were destroyed in the Irish Civil War. They are superbly edited, with complete notes identifying people and incidents likely to be unfamiliar to current readers. The introduction and connecting material provide biographical information and explain the circumstances in which the letters were written. Though Gonne was unwilling to marry Yeats, and they often disagreed on Irish politics, she was a significant influence on his poetry. These letters are valuable for their insights into her character, her relationship with Yeats, and Irish history during this period. Highly recommended, particularly for academic libraries.-- Judy Mimken, Saginaw Valley State Univ., Mich.

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