{"product_id":"the-collected-works-of-wb-yeats-volume-viii-the-iri-9781451668131","title":"The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats Volume VIII: The Iri","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Collected Works of W.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e B. Yeats, Volume VIII: The Irish Dramatic Movement is part of a fourteen-volume series under the general editorship of eminent Yeats scholars Richard J. Finneran and George Mills Harper. This complete edition includes virtually all of the Nobel laureate's published work, in authoritative texts and with extensive explanatory notes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEdited by the distinguished Yeats scholars Mary FitzGerald and Richard J. Finneran, \u003ci\u003eThe Irish Dramatic Movement\u003c\/i\u003e gathers together -- for the first time -- all of the poet's time-honored essays on drama and the groundbreaking movement that led to the enduring Irish theater of today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlthough the reputation of W. B. Yeats as one of the preeminent writers of the twentieth century rests primarily on his poetry, drama and the theatre were among his abiding concerns. Indeed, in 1917 he wrote, \"I need a theatre; I believe myself to be a dramatist.\" Here in this volume is the collection of all his major dramatic criticism for the years 1899-1919, including previously uncollected material. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA practicing dramatist himself, Yeats had strong convictions about the goals of the Irish theater and the appropriate plays to be produced. The essays in this collection address many topics, from the turbulent early years of what became the Abbey Theatre to the controversies over the plays of John Millington Synge and the relationship between drama and nationalism. Also evident are Yeats's judgments on numerous plays, playwrights, and productions, both in Irish and in English. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFitzGerald and Finneran's volume includes an Introduction and a History of the Text, as well as copious but unobtrusive annotation. \u003ci\u003eThe Irish Dramatic Movement\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential volume for both readers of Yeats and students of the early years of twentieth-century theater.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Butler Yeats\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/24\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781451668131\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Butler Yeats is generally considered to be Ireland's greatest poet, living or dead, and one of the most important literary figures of the twentieth century. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe late \u003cb\u003eRichard J. Finneran\u003c\/b\u003e was general editor, with George Mills Harper, of \u003ci\u003eThe Collected Works of W. B. Yeats\u003c\/i\u003e for many years; series editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Poems\u003c\/i\u003e in the Cornell Yeats; and editor of \u003ci\u003eYeats: An Annual of Critical and Textual Studies, \u003c\/i\u003e among other works. He held the Hodges Chair of Excellence at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville; was a past president of the South Atlantic Modern Language Association; and served as executive director of the Society for Textual Scholarship.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44939204919411,"sku":"9781451668131","price":26.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_04205a23-9350-45d0-beac-412e368cf211.jpg?v=1778251184","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-collected-works-of-wb-yeats-volume-viii-the-iri-9781451668131","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}