Selected Poems by William Butler Yeats

Bibliographic Details

Book Title: SELECTED POEMS

Author: W.B. Yeats

ISBN-13: 9789391395841

Pages: 493

Edition: First Published (2024)

Binding: Paperback

Genre: Literature & Fiction > Poetry > Irish Poetry > Modernist Poetry > Classic Poetry

Recommended Age Group: 16+ years; suitable for senior secondary, undergraduate, postgraduate, and general literary readers

Reading Difficulty: Advanced

Estimated Reading Time to Finish: 14–18 hours

Price: ₹ 649/-

Description

SELECTED POEMS by W.B. Yeats brings together a substantial and thoughtfully arranged selection of more than 300 poems by one of the most influential voices in modern English literature. Spanning early lyrical pieces, mythic Irish songs, philosophical meditations, dramatic monologues, political reflections, and late visionary verse, this volume presents Yeats as both a national poet of Ireland and a poet of enduring universal concern. The collection includes celebrated poems such as The Lake Isle of Innisfree, Easter 1916, Sailing to Byzantium, Leda and the Swan, The Second Coming, and The Tower, along with many lesser-known works that reveal the breadth of his imagination.

The poems trace Yeats’s artistic journey from romantic symbolism and Celtic mythology to the sharper, more complex idiom of his mature and late poetry. Themes of love, ageing, beauty, spiritual longing, history, politics, folklore, mortality, and artistic responsibility run throughout the book, making it valuable for both close academic study and reflective personal reading. The introductory essay, “W.B. Yeats: The Poet Who Bridged Ireland’s Past and Modernity,” helps situate the poet within Irish cultural history and the broader modernist movement.

Ideal for students, teachers, poetry enthusiasts, and collectors of classic literature, this edition offers an accessible yet comprehensive gateway into Yeats’s poetic world. Its extensive contents make it a practical reference volume for classrooms, libraries, literary courses, and readers seeking a lasting engagement with one of poetry’s most distinctive imaginations.

Key Features

• Includes 300+ poems by Nobel Prize-winning poet W.B. Yeats.
• Covers early, mature, political, mythic, and late visionary poetry.
• Features major poems such as Easter 1916 and The Second Coming.
• Useful for literature students, teachers, and poetry researchers.
• Introductory essay provides literary and historical context.
• Strong selection for Irish literature and modernist poetry courses.
• Explores themes of love, ageing, mythology, nationhood, and death.
• Suitable for academic study as well as personal reading.
• A valuable reference edition for libraries and classrooms.
• Published under Aedha Imprints by Anubhav Publishers and Distributors.

Manufacturer Details

Manufacturer/Publisher: Anubhav Publishers and Distributors

Imprint: Aedha Imprints

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Year: 2024