ΠΟΙΗΜΑΤΑ To an Isle in the Water Στα Νερά και στο Νησί The Lake Isle of Innisfree Στης Λίμνης το Νησί The Fiddler of Dooney O Βιολιτζής του Ντούνυ The Magi Οι Μάγοι The Scholars Οι Λόγιοι Lines Written in Dejection Γραμμές Γραμμένες με Κατήφεια The People O Λαός A Thought from Prepertius Μια Σκέψη aπ' τoν Προπέρτιο The Balloon of the Mind Το Αερόστατο του Νου Ego Dominus Tuus Ego Dominus Tuus The Cat and the Moon H Γάτα και το Φεγγάρι The Saint and the Hunchback O Άγιος και o Καμπούρης The Second Coming H Δευτέρα Παρουσία The Wheel O Τροχός Fragments Θραύσματα All Souls' Night Ψυχοσάββατο Three Movements Τρεις Κινήσεις The Mother of God Μήτηρ Θεού Vacillation Ταλάντευση Crazy Jane on God Η Τρελο-Τζένη μιλάει για το Θεό The Delphic Oracle upon Plotinus Ο Δελφικός Χρησμός για τον Πλωτίνο Supernatural Songs Υπερφυσικά Τραγούδια Lapis Lazuli Lapis Lazuli Imitated from the Japanese Μίμηση Sweet Dancer Γλυκιά Χορεύτρια An Acre of Grass Σαν Καταπράσινο Χορτάρι What then? Και τι μ' αυτό; A Crazed Girl Τρελό Κορίτσι The Spur Το Σπηρούνι The Apparitions Τα Φαντάσματα Politics Πολιτική Σχόλια
ΔΙΗΓΗΜΑΤΑ Ένας Οραματιστής Η Σταύρωση του Απόβλητου Η Καρδιά της Άνοιξης Σχόλια
ΕΝΑ ΜΟΝΟΠΡΑΚΤΟ Η Ανάσταση Σχόλια
ΔΟΚΙΜΙΑ Το Φθινόπωρο του Σώματος Ο Συμβολισμός της Ποίησης Περί Μαγείας Στο Stratford-on-Avon Η Συγκίνηση του Πλήθους Έχει δική του ρίζα το Σύγχρονο Δράμα; Το Στόμα του Φιδιού
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 being awarded the Nobel Prize; such works include The Tower (1928) and The Winding Stair and Other Poems (1929).
Yeats was born and educated in Dublin but spent his childhood in County Sligo. He studied poetry in his youth, and from an early age was fascinated by both Irish legends and the occult. Those topics feature in the first phase of his work, which lasted roughly until the turn of the century. His earliest volume of verse was published in 1889, and those slow paced and lyrical poems display debts to Edmund Spenser and Percy Bysshe Shelley, as well as to the Pre-Raphaelite poets. From 1900, Yeats' poetry grew more physical and realistic. He largely renounced the transcendental beliefs of his youth, though he remained preoccupied with physical and spiritual masks, as well as with cyclical theories of life. --from Wikipedia
Πέρα από τα ποιήματα και μερικά διηγήματα, το πιο ενδιαφέρον είναι ένα μονόπρακτο: η Ανάσταση, με ήρωες έναν Έλληνα, έναν Εβραίο, έναν Σύρο και τον Χριστό.
"Τρεις κινήσεις" Ψάρι σαιξπηρικό κολύμπησε στη θάλασσα μακριά από τη στεριά' Ψάρι ρομαντικό βρέθηκε μές στο δίχτυ στο χέρι εκεί κοντά' Τί ναι λοιπόν τα ψάρια που σπαρταρούν στην αμμουδιά;