Nicholas Grene

Yeats's Poetic Codes

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Produktbeschreibung

A new approach to Yeats's poems, concentrating on the reading experience itself. By picking out the distinctive 'codes' of Yeats's poetic practice, such as his use of dates and place names, characteristic vocabulary, and stylistic preferences, Grene's study will send readers back to the work with a new sense of understanding and enjoyment.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sydney University Press
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. April 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 141mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 327g
• ISBN-13: 9780192857767
• ISBN-10: 0192857762
• Artikelnr.: 63700768

Autorenporträt

Nicholas Grene is Emeritus Professor of English Literature at Trinity College, Dublin. He has published widely on Irish drama and on Shakespeare. His books include Bernard Shaw: A Critical View (1984), Shakespeare's Tragic Imagination (1992), The Politics of Irish Drama (1999), and Shakespeare's Serial History Plays (2002). He was the founding Director of the Synge Summer School (1991 to 2000) and is currently Chair of the Irish Theatrical Diaspora research network. A Member of the Royal Irish Academy, he has held visiting professorships at the University of New South Wales and Dartmouth College, and has been an invited lecturer in over fifteen countries.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1: Dates
2: This and that, here and there
3: Dream
4: Place names
5: Beasts and birds
6: Tense and mood
7: Voices
8: Bitter/sweet
Conclusion: ... but half...
Bibliography
Index of poems discussed
General Index