Yeats: The Man and the Masks

by Richard Ellmann

Overview

The definitive biography of William Butler Yeats

The most influential poet of his age, Yeats eluded the grasp of many who sought to explain him. In this classic critical examination of the poet, Richard Ellmann strips away the masks of his subject: occultist, senator of the Irish Free State, libidinous old man, and Nobel Prize winner.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780393008593
Publisher:	Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	02/17/2000
Edition description:	Revised Edition
Pages:	346
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Richard Ellmann was Goldsmiths’ Professor at Oxford University and Woodruff Professor at Emory University. He achieved world fame for his biography of Joyce and wrote many scholarly and critical works, including two on Yeats.