Imagining Ireland in the Poems and Plays of W. B. Yeats: Nation, Class, and State

by Anthony Bradley

An important part of the national imaginary, Yeat's work has helped to invent the nation of Ireland, while critiquing the modern state that emerged from it's revolutionary period. This study offers a chronological account of Yeat's volumes of poetry, contextualizing and analyzing them in light of Irish cultural and political history.

266 pages, Hardcover

First published July 8, 2009