Words Alone
| Author | : R. F. Foster |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 257 |
| Release | : 2011 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780199592166 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0199592160 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (66 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Words Alone by : R. F. Foster
Download or read book Words Alone written by R. F. Foster and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2011 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yeats is usually seen as a great modernist innovator. This book goes against the grain to explore the Irish literary traditions that preceded and influenced him--romantic 'national tales' in post-Union Ireland, the poetry and polemic of the Young Ireland movement, the occult novels of Sheridan LeFanu, and William Carleton's 'peasant fictions'
