A Book of Irish Verse

In 1895 the thirty-year-old W.B. Yeats, already established as one of Ireland's leading poets and folklorists, published this outstanding collection of Irish verse as part of his campaign to establish a tradition of Irish poetry fit for the dawn of a new age in Ireland's history. This Routledge Classics edition, complete with a specially commissioned introduction by acclaimed writer and critic John Banville, is essential reading for all who appreciate good literature.

Author: John Banville, W. B. Yeats
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 07/11/2002
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 7.64h x 6.40w x 0.68d
ISBN: 9780415289832

About the Author
William Butler Yeats (1865-1939). One of the great poets of the modern age. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Poetry in 1923.