by William Butler Yeats · Random House Value Publications · tapa dura · ISBN 9780517073964
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«Selected Poems» is a poetry anthology by William Butler Yeats, published by Random House Value Publications in hardcover (224 pages, in English).
A journey through the poetry of William Butler Yeats, from his early Pre-Raphaelite verses and Irish mythology to a more modernist stage, without abandoning traditional forms. It includes «The Lake Isle of Innisfree», whose opening is reproduced on the cover, and deals with love, nature, and the human condition.
The edition was published in June 1992 and its cover shows a portrait of the poet.
For readers of poetry and Irish literature, as well as for those who want to approach Nobel Prize in Literature W. B. Yeats.
William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet, dramatist, writer and literary critic who was one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival and, along with John Millington Synge and Lady Gregory, founded the Abbey Theatre, serving as its chief during its early years. He was awarded the 1923 Nobel Prize in Literature and later served two terms as a Senator of the Irish Free State.
