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Liebesgedichte.
Fast alle Liebesgedichte von William Butler Yeats sind an die schöne Schauspielerin und Agitatorin Maud Gonne gerichtet, die der Dichter sein Leben lang vergötterte, ohne von ihr erhört zu werden. Die irische Unabhängigkeit, die Maud Gonne mit feurigen Vorträgen betrieb, war ihr wichtiger als die Erfüllung dieser Liebe. Yeats’ stürmische Werbung läßt sich von Gedicht zu Gedicht verfolgen.
134 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1976
About the author
W.B. Yeats
2,039 books2,625 followersWilliam 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
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
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October 30, 2010
It is no secret that Ireland and Irish literature really don't have to bother to call my attention. And also this German version of the love life of William Butler Yeats, including poems, diary entries and the story of his love to Maude Gonne, is a great work. Though I would definitely appreciate to read his works in English once more, expecting an even better transmission.
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