This Reader's Guide follows the often heated critical debates on who Yeats was and what kind of poetry he wrote. To what culture and what tradition did he belong? Was Yeats a revivalist, a modernist or a nationalist? Michael Faherty offers selections from the leading voices in these debates, setting them in the context of Irish cultural and political history.

Surveys the full range of criticism on the poetry of one of the most widelystudied poets
Follows the key critical debates surrounding the poet and his work
Sets the debates in the context of Irish cultural and political history

Autorentext

MICHAEL FAHERTY is Senior Lecturer in English Studies at De Montfort University, UK.

Inhalt
Acknowledgements.- Introduction.- Lives of the Poet.- Yeats and Revivalism.- Yeats and Modernism.- Yeats and Nationalism.- Conclusion.- Bibliography.- Index.