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Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0192117351
ISBN-13
9780192117359
eBay Product ID (ePID)
329836
Product Key Features
Book Title
W. B. Yeats Vol. I : a Lifevolume I: the Apprentice Mage 1865-1914
Number of Pages
672 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1997
Topic
General, Literary, Europe / Ireland, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Literary Criticism, Poetry, Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.7 in
Item Weight
44.1 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
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Trade
LCCN
96-031671
Dewey Edition
20
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'Foster's historian's instinct for the radiant revelatory detail isunerring and his narrative skill should be the envy of most novelists. The WBYdelivered to us is set in the welter and cacaphony of a busy life andstruggling, often successfully, to shape that welter and that life to his ownpurposes. The chief glory of Foster's book is the nuanced and sympatheticunderstanding and comprehensive documentation he brings to WBY's personalrelationships. Just as the life demands our closest attention, Foster for hisaccount of it to the Great War, deserves our deepest gratitude.'Gerry Dukes, Irish Independent (Dublin), 'This is the first volume of a work which should, when completed, be the definitive Life of Yeats. Even as it stands it is already a master work. Roy Foster is a first-class scholar, who is thoroughly at ease with his subject, and writes beautifully about it. This is a marvellous book, in awide variety of ways. It is impossible in a relatively short review to give an adequate idea of the riches of this magnificent book.'Conor Cruise O'Brien, The Sunday Telegraph, 'formidably detailed and illuminating book ... Foster has made a wonderful job of it, opting neither for hagiography nor demolition, recounting with gusto all the furores of the day, which still, despite the disclaimer, documenting Yeats' literary development with a discerning eye. Readers ofthis biography will be on tenterhooks awaiting Volume II.'Patricia Craig, New Statesman and Society, 'biography on the heroic scale ... the torrent of detail will engrossfuture researchers'John Carey, The Sunday Times, 'magnificent, richly textured first volume ... this is a quite exceptionalcontribution to the field, and no Yeatsian worth the name will be able to dowithout it ... the fullest and most reliable account of Yeats's career ... Therange of research and the exactitude of the scholarship make this requiredreading: the grace and wit of the style make it enjoyable reading.'John Kelly, The Irish Times (Dublin), "Rich as Yeats's achievements had been, Mr. Foster says in his final paragraph, what lay ahead would be more astonishing. The old magician, apprentice no longer, has found in Mr. Foster a worthy biographer. He would be relieved to know, as readers of Irish writing have known for some years, that the biographer is himself a fine writer, bearing with grace his knowledge of Irish history, and writing with wit, authority and, when appropriate, considerable eloquence."--New York Times Book Review"A wonderful work of scholarship. It turns Yeats around, making us see his poems from within his life and helps us to experience them in a way that both revealing and intensely moving."--Washington Times"The often quite grim youthful experiences, the yearnings, the search for love, the magical evocations of place and time, which we have all known for so long, take on a new and deeper intesnsity as we explore with Mr. Foster their background and their inspiration. This is a great story of Ireland's greatest poet, and it is superbly told."--"With a shrewd sense of irony, Foster vividly evokes the frustrations of Yeats's apprentice years."--Inside Publishing"By showing that the explosion of heroic myths can enhance rather than diminish humanity, Roy Foster's book has opened up new visions not just of Yeats but of the Irish culture he did so much to create."--he Economist Review"In this superb biography, Foster unscrambles destiny and complicates it into life. The most distinguished Irish historian alive, Foster floods his Yeats with historical detail"--James Woods, Slate"Foster has rightly dubbed his biography a 'thick' history of Yeats's life; it's also a smoothly written one that is politically as well as psychologically astute."--The Nation"Mr. Foster has a jeweler's eye for the crystallizing moments in Yeats's development."Wall Street Journal"Foster gives us a considerably more nuanced view of what it means to be a mystic, a holy man, a seer in modern times than Yeats biographers before him. He shows that Yeats was a s much a striver as a seeker--that the poet cannot be understood except as a man on the make, in pursuit of fame, love, and revelation."--Weekly Standard, "Rich as Yeats's achievements had been, Mr. Foster says in his final paragraph, what lay ahead would be more astonishing. The old magician, apprentice no longer, has found in Mr. Foster a worthy biographer. He would be relieved to know, as readers of Irish writing have known for some years, that the biographer is himself a fine writer, bearing with grace his knowledge of Irish history, and writing with wit, authority and, when appropriate, considerable eloquence."--New York Times Book Review "A wonderful work of scholarship. It turns Yeats around, making us see his poems from within his life and helps us to experience them in a way that both revealing and intensely moving."--Washington Times "The often quite grim youthful experiences, the yearnings, the search for love, the magical evocations of place and time, which we have all known for so long, take on a new and deeper intesnsity as we explore with Mr. Foster their background and their inspiration. This is a great story of Ireland's greatest poet, and it is superbly told."-- "With a shrewd sense of irony, Foster vividly evokes the frustrations of Yeats's apprentice years."--Inside Publishing "By showing that the explosion of heroic myths can enhance rather than diminish humanity, Roy Foster's book has opened up new visions not just of Yeats but of the Irish culture he did so much to create."--he Economist Review "In this superb biography, Foster unscrambles destiny and complicates it into life. The most distinguished Irish historian alive, Foster floods his Yeats with historical detail"--James Woods,Slate "Foster has rightly dubbed his biography a 'thick' history of Yeats's life; it's also a smoothly written one that is politically as well as psychologically astute."--The Nation "Mr. Foster has a jeweler's eye for the crystallizing moments in Yeats's development."Wall Street Journal "Foster gives us a considerably more nuanced view of what it means to be a mystic, a holy man, a seer in modern times than Yeats biographers before him. He shows that Yeats was a s much a striver as a seeker--that the poet cannot be understood except as a man on the make, in pursuit of fame, love, and revelation."--Weekly Standard, 'Foster's historian's instinct for the radiant revelatory detail is unerring and his narrative skill should be the envy of most novelists. The WBY delivered to us is set in the welter and cacaphony of a busy life and struggling, often successfully, to shape that welter and that life to his ownpurposes. The chief glory of Foster's book is the nuanced and sympathetic understanding and comprehensive documentation he brings to WBY's personal relationships. Just as the life demands our closest attention, Foster for his account of it to the Great War, deserves our deepest gratitude.'Gerry Dukes, Irish Independent (Dublin), 'Roy Foster, well-known as a social and political historian, is a masterof the data, both incidental and essential, of Yeats's career. The book is amine of information, of various kinds and calibres.'Karl Miller, Financial Times, 'Roy Foster, well-known as a social and political historian, is a master of the data, both incidental and essential, of Yeats's career. The book is a mine of information, of various kinds and calibres.'Karl Miller, Financial Times, 'formidably detailed and illuminating book ... Foster has made a wonderfuljob of it, opting neither for hagiography nor demolition, recounting with gustoall the furores of the day, which still, despite the disclaimer, documentingYeats' literary development with a discerning eye. Readers of this biographywill be on tenterhooks awaiting Volume II.'Patricia Craig, New Statesman and Society, 'Foster's emphasis on "conditions" is especially rewarding for the illumination of Yeats's essays ... His painstaking research allows us to see their evolution in the poet's consciousness and in their usually varied publishing history. This is an amazing work of scholarship, vitalised by theaffinities between Foster and WBY, fastidiously controlled, wonderfully illuminating. May the next volume arrive soon!'Seamus Deane, The Guardian, 'biography on the heroic scale ... the torrent of detail will engross future researchers'John Carey, The Sunday Times, 'will surely be the definitive life of Yeats for at least a generation ...This is a spellbinding story of a man who himself used and wove spells all hislife ...scholarly but elegantly written book.'Tom Rosenthal, Daily Mail, 'magnificent, richly textured first volume ... this is a quite exceptional contribution to the field, and no Yeatsian worth the name will be able to do without it ... the fullest and most reliable account of Yeats's career ... The range of research and the exactitude of the scholarship makethis required reading: the grace and wit of the style make it enjoyable reading.'John Kelly, The Irish Times (Dublin), 'The official biography ... is here at last ... R F Foster has aremarkably shrewd, worldy-wise sort of mind, at once tough and generous, andresists both idolatry and iconoclasm in this magnificently sane account ... aremarkably judicious, even-handed portrait, which in the snake-pit of Irishstudies these days is something of a minor miracle.'Terry Eagleton, The Independent, 'will surely be the definitive life of Yeats for at least a generation ... This is a spellbinding story of a man who himself used and wove spells all his life ...scholarly but elegantly written book.'Tom Rosenthal, Daily Mail, 'lengthy and enthralling first volume of a new life of the poet ... After turning the last pages of this book, I am panting for the second volume.'Geoffrey Wheatcroft, The Express, 'This is the first volume of a work which should, when completed, be thedefinitive Life of Yeats. Even as it stands it is already a master work. RoyFoster is a first-class scholar, who is thoroughly at ease with his subject, andwrites beautifully about it. This is a marvellous book, in a wide variety ofways. It is impossible in a relatively short review to give an adequate idea ofthe riches of this magnificent book.'Conor Cruise O'Brien, The Sunday Telegraph, 'lengthy and enthralling first volume of a new life of the poet ... Afterturning the last pages of this book, I am panting for the second volume.'Geoffrey Wheatcroft, The Express, 'The official biography ... is here at last ... R F Foster has a remarkably shrewd, worldy-wise sort of mind, at once tough and generous, and resists both idolatry and iconoclasm in this magnificently sane account ... a remarkably judicious, even-handed portrait, which in the snake-pit ofIrish studies these days is something of a minor miracle.'Terry Eagleton, The Independent, "Rich as Yeats's achievements had been, Mr. Foster says in his final paragraph, what lay ahead would be more astonishing. The old magician, apprentice no longer, has found in Mr. Foster a worthy biographer. He would be relieved to know, as readers of Irish writing have known for some years, that the biographer is himself a fine writer, bearing with grace his knowledge of Irish history, and writing with wit, authority and, when appropriate, considerable eloquence."--New York Times Book Review "A wonderful work of scholarship. It turns Yeats around, making us see his poems from within his life and helps us to experience them in a way that both revealing and intensely moving."--Washington Times "The often quite grim youthful experiences, the yearnings, the search for love, the magical evocations of place and time, which we have all known for so long, take on a new and deeper intesnsity as we explore with Mr. Foster their background and their inspiration. This is a great story of Ireland's greatest poet, and it is superbly told."-- "With a shrewd sense of irony, Foster vividly evokes the frustrations of Yeats's apprentice years."--Inside Publishing "By showing that the explosion of heroic myths can enhance rather than diminish humanity, Roy Foster's book has opened up new visions not just of Yeats but of the Irish culture he did so much to create."--he Economist Review "In this superb biography, Foster unscrambles destiny and complicates it into life. The most distinguished Irish historian alive, Foster floods his Yeats with historical detail"--James Woods, Slate "Foster has rightly dubbed his biography a 'thick' history of Yeats's life; it's also a smoothly written one that is politically as well as psychologically astute."--The Nation "Mr. Foster has a jeweler's eye for the crystallizing moments in Yeats's development."Wall Street Journal "Foster gives us a considerably more nuanced view of what it means to be a mystic, a holy man, a seer in modern times than Yeats biographers before him. He shows that Yeats was a s much a striver as a seeker--that the poet cannot be understood except as a man on the make, in pursuit of fame, love, and revelation."--Weekly Standard
Number of Volumes
2 vols.
Dewey Decimal
821/.8 B
Synopsis
William Butler Yeats has cast his long shadow over the history of both modern poetry and modern Ireland for so long that his preeminence is taken for granted. Now, in the first authorized biography of Yeats to appear in over fifty years, leading Irish historian R.F. Foster travels beyond Yeats's towering image as arguably the century's greatest poet to restore a real sense of Yeats's extraordinary life as Yeats himself experienced it--what he saw, what he did, the passions and the petty squabbles that consumed him, and his alchemical ability to transmute the events of his crowded and contradictory life into enduring art. In the first volume of this long-awaited biography, Foster covers the poet's first fifty years, bringing new light to bear on Yeats's heroic and often ruthless efforts to invent himself as a poet and public figure. Drawn from a fascinating archive of personal and contemporary documents with the cooperation of surviving members of the Yeats family, it dramatically alters long-held assumptions about the poet's background, his relationship with Maud Gonne and other women, and his roles in the great cultural and political upheavals that transformed Ireland in his lifetime. A rich and entertaining account of Yeats's boyhood days amidst the talented but troubled members of the Yeats and Pollexfen clans provides important insight into the poet's deep and lifelong connection to the Irish landscape, his early, impassioned embrace of the nationalist cause, and his later retreat to the traditions of the once grand Protestant aristocracy. In his own day Yeats attracted enemies and admirers with equal passion, and Foster vividly recreates the friendships, love affairs, and simmering rivalries that swirled about the poet's circles in London, Dublin, and Coole Park. Complementing his meticulous scholarship with a shrewd wit and a novelist's eye for detail, he chronicles the romantic disappointments, financial difficulties, experimentation with hashish and mescal, and the growing preoccupation with the occult that prefaced Yeats's attempt to unite Irish politics with high culture and his creation of an Irish national theater. Here are the poet's memorable encounters with many of the most interesting people of his time, including Oscar Wilde, George Bernard Shaw, Lady Gregory, J.M. Synge, Ezra Pound, James Joyce, and the wildly diverse leaders of the Irish independence movement. And here at last is a full accounting of the complex bond between Yeats and the incomparable Maud Gonne, revealed as an influence eternally recreated 'like the phoenix,' affecting almost everything he did. Poet, playwright, mystic and revolutionary; lover, confidant, and friend. This brilliant account of the public and private lives of William Butler Yeats illuminates not only the wellspring of his artistic vision, but the modern Irish identity he helped to create. It is essential reading for anyone intrigued by one of the most original and influential voices of the twentieth century., William Butler Yeats has cast his long shadow over the history of both modern poetry and modern Ireland for so long that his preeminence is taken for granted. Now, in the first authorized biography of Yeats to appear in over fifty years, leading Irish historian R.F. Foster travels beyond Yeats's towering image as arguably the century's greatest poet to restore a real sense of Yeats's extraordinary life as Yeats himself experienced it--what he saw, what he did, the passions and the petty squabbles that consumed him, and his alchemical ability to transmute the events of his crowded and contradictory life into enduring art. In the first volume of this long-awaited biography, Foster covers the poet's first fifty years, bringing new light to bear on Yeats's heroic and often ruthless efforts to invent himself as a poet and public figure. Drawn from a fascinating archive of personal and contemporary documents with the cooperation of surviving members of the Yeats family, it dramatically alters long-held assumptions about the poet's background, his relationship with Maud Gonne and other women, and his roles in the great cultural and political upheavals that transformed Ireland in his lifetime. A rich and entertaining account of Yeats's boyhood days amidst the talented but troubled members of the Yeats and Pollexfen clans provides important insight into the poet's deep and lifelong connection to the Irish landscape, his early, impassioned embrace of the nationalist cause, and his later retreat to the traditions of the once grand Protestant aristocracy. In his own day Yeats attracted enemies and admirers with equal passion, and Foster vividly recreates the friendships, love affairs, and simmering rivalries that swirled about the poet's circles in London, Dublin, and Coole Park. Complementing his meticulous scholarship with a shrewd wit and a novelist's eye for detail, he chronicles the romantic disappointments, financial difficulties, experimentation with hashish and mescal, and the growing preoccupation with the occult that prefaced Yeats's attempt to unite Irish politics with high culture and his creation of an Irish national theater. Here are the poet's memorable encounters with many of the most interesting people of his time, including Oscar Wilde, George Bernard Shaw, Lady Gregory, J.M. Synge, Ezra Pound, James Joyce, and the wildly diverse leaders of the Irish independence movement. And here at last is a full accounting of the complex bond between Yeats and the incomparable Maud Gonne, revealed as an influence eternally recreated 'like the phoenix, ' affecting almost everything he did. Poet, playwright, mystic and revolutionary; lover, confidant, and friend. This brilliant account of the public and private lives of William Butler Yeats illuminates not only the wellspring of his artistic vision, but the modern Irish identity he helped to create. It is essential reading for anyone intrigued by one of the most original and influential voices of the twentieth century, In the first authorized biography of W. B. Yeats for over fifty years, Roy Foster sheds new light on one of the most complex and fascinating lives of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Working from a great archive of personal and contemporary material, he dramatically alters traditional perceptions to illuminate the poet's family history, relationships, politics and art. From a childhood inheritance of déclassé Irish Protestantism with strong nationalist sympathies, and an exceptional and talented family background, the narrative charts Yeats's development into an original and outstanding poet. It ends in his fiftieth year with the controversies and disillusionment affecting his personal and public life at the time of the First World War. A bohemian life of uncertain finances, love-affairs, avant-garde friends and experiments with drugs and occultism prefaces his attempt to unite politics with high culture and his creation of an Irish national theatre. Constantly shifting between Dublin, Coole Park and London, with forays to America and Paris, ruthlessly constructing a public life as well as a creative reputation, Yeats's genius attracted admirers and enemies with equal passion. His story intersects with those of an engrossing cast of characters including Lady Gregory, J. M. Synge, George Moore, 'AE', Ezra Pound and above all Maud Gonne - an influence eternally re-created 'like the phoenix', affecting almost everything he did. The search for supernatural wisdom forms a constant thread, traced through Yeats's occult notebooks and closely related to the insecurities of his personal life. The Apprentice Mage charts the growth of a poet's mind and of an astonishing personality, both of which were instrumental in the formation of a new and radicalized Irish nationalist identity., William Butler Yeats has cast his long shadow over the history of both modern poetry and modern Ireland for so long that his preeminence is taken for granted. Now, in the first authorized biography of Yeats to appear in over fifty years, leading Irish historian R.F. Foster travels beyond Yeats's towering image as arguably the century's greatest poet to restore a real sense of Yeats's extraordinary life as Yeats himself experienced it--what he saw, what he did, the passions and the petty squabbles that consumed him, and his alchemical ability to transmute the events of his crowded and contradictory life into enduring art. In the first volume of this long-awaited biography, Foster covers the poet's first fifty years, bringing new light to bear on Yeats's heroic and often ruthless efforts to invent himself as a poet and public figure. Drawn from a fascinating archive of personal and contemporary documents with the cooperation of surviving members of the Yeats family, it dramatically alters long-held assumptions about the poet's background, his relationship with Maud Gonne and other women, and his roles in the great cultural and political upheavals that transformed Ireland in his lifetime. A rich and entertaining account of Yeats's boyhood days amidst the talented but troubled members of the Yeats and Pollexfen clans provides important insight into the poet's deep and lifelong connection to the Irish landscape, his early, impassioned embrace of the nationalist cause, and his later retreat to the traditions of the once grand Protestant aristocracy. In his own day Yeats attracted enemies and admirers with equal passion, and Foster vividly recreates the friendships, love affairs, and simmering rivalries that swirled about the poet's circles in London, Dublin, and Coole Park. Complementing his meticulous scholarship with a shrewd wit and a novelist's eye for detail, he chronicles the romantic disappointments, financial difficulties, experimentation with hashish and mescal, and the growing preoccupation with the occult that prefaced Yeats's attempt to unite Irish politics with high culture and his creation of an Irish national theater. Here are the poet's memorable encounters with many of the most interesting people of his time, including Oscar Wilde, George Bernard Shaw, Lady Gregory, J.M. Synge, Ezra Pound, James Joyce, and the wildly diverse leaders of the Irish independence movement. And here at last is a full accounting of the complex bond between Yeats and the incomparable Maud Gonne, revealed as an influence eternally recreated 'like the phoenix, ' affecting almost everything he did. Poet, playwright, mystic and revolutionary; lover, confidant, and friend. This brilliant account of the public and private lives of William Butler Yeats illuminates not only the wellspring of his artistic vision, but the modern Irish identity he helped to create. It is essential reading for anyone intrigued by one of the most original and influential voices of the twentieth century., The first authorized biography of W.B. Yeats for over 50 years, this first volume takes Yeats from childhood through a bohemian life of love-affairs, artistic development, and political involvements, to his 50th year. Drawing on a great archive of personal and contemporary material, Roy Foster sheds new light on the poet's public and private career.
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