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Poems
Hardcover
Series: Mint Editions (Poetry and Verse)
Publisher Price: $18.99
ISBN13: 9781513220246
Publisher: Mint Ed
Published: Jan 26 2021
Pages: 142
Weight: 0.62
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Poems (1920) is a collection of poems and plays by W.B. Yeats. Containing many of the poet's early important works, Poems illuminates Yeats' influence on the Celtic Twilight, a late-nineteenth century movement to revive the myths and traditions of Ancient Ireland.
The collection opens with Yeats' verse drama The Countess Cathleen, which he dedicated to the actress and revolutionary Maud Gonne. Set during a period of famine in Ireland, The Countess Cathleen tells the story of a wealthy landowning Countess who sells her soul to the devil in order to save her starving tenants. The Land of Heart's Desire, Yeats' first professionally performed play, follows a young fairy child who disrupts the lives of two newlyweds and shakes a simple village to its core. The Rose contains some of the writer's most beloved early poems, including To the Rose Upon the Rood of Time-a symbolist lyric alluding to the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn-and Fergus and the Druid, a dialogue in verse. In Who Goes With Fergus, a poem blending ancient legend with modern Irish nationalism, Yeats asks the youth of his country to brood on hopes and fears no more, to follow Fergus who rules the shadows of the wood, / And the white breast of the dim sea / And all disheveled wandering stars. Yeats' writing, mysterious and rich with symbolism, demonstrates not just a mastery of the English language, but an abiding faith in the cause and principles of Irish independence.
This edition of W.B. Yeats's Poems is a classic of Irish literature reimagined for modern readers.
Since our inception in 2020, Mint Editions has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh, professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover, all while maintaining the integrity of the original book.
With thousands of titles in our collection, we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works, curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe.
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