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W.B. Yeats

Born

in Sandymount, County Dublin, Ireland

June 13, 1865

Died

January 28, 1939

Genre

Poetry, Religion & Spirituality, Literature & Fiction

Influences

Edmund Spenser, Percy Bysshe Shelley, William Blake, Ernest Rhys, John ...more

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William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet and dramatist, and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature. A pillar of both the Irish and British literary establishments, in his later years Yeats served as an Irish Senator for two terms. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival, and along with Lady Gregory and Edward Martyn founded the Abbey Theatre, serving as its chief during its early years. In 1923 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for what the Nobel Committee described as "inspired poetry, which in a highly artistic form gives expression to the spirit of a whole nation." He was the first Irishman so honored. Yeats is generally considered one of the few writers who completed their greatest works after b ...more

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Average rating: 4.1 · 97,849 ratings · 5,303 reviews · 2,036 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats by W.B. Yeats, Richard J. Finneran (Editor) 4.23 avg rating — 40,211 ratings — published 1933 — 79 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Irish Fairy and Folk Tales 4.04 avg rating — 6,059 ratings — published 1888 — 298 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selected Poems by W.B. Yeats, John Kelly (Editor) 4.13 avg rating — 5,453 ratings — published 1939 — 94 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Celtic Twilight: Faerie and Folklore 4.01 avg rating — 3,388 ratings — published 1893 — 328 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poetry, Drama and Prose by W.B. Yeats, James Pethica (Editor) 4.27 avg rating — 2,914 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selected Poems and Four Plays by W.B. Yeats, M.L. Rosenthal (Editor) 4.33 avg rating — 1,664 ratings — published 1996 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Terrible Beauty Is Born 3.66 avg rating — 1,421 ratings — published 1916 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tower 3.97 avg rating — 1,191 ratings — published 1928 — 43 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	W.B. Yeats 4.04 avg rating — 992 ratings — published 1895 — 194 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cathleen ni Houlihan 3.59 avg rating — 1,106 ratings — published 1902 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats (12 books)
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W.B. Yeats,

Hugh Witemeyer,

George Bornstein (Editor)

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Quotes by W.B. Yeats (?)

“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.”
― W.B. Yeats

tags: awe, magic, perception, wonder

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“I have spread my dreams under your feet.
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.”
― W.B. Yeats

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“For he would be thinking of love
Till the stars had run away
And the shadows eaten the moon.”
― W.B. Yeats, Selected Poems and Four Plays

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