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William Butler Yeats is best known for his poetry and plays that focus on mythology, mysticism, and spirituality. He took inspiration from his Celtic roots and drew from Irish folklore. Impressively, Yeats won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923, putting him down as one the most influential poets of the 20th century.
How the conflict of a nation was captured by a politically reluctant poet. One of the most powerful political poems of the 20th century was written by a man who was ambivalent about politics. William Butler Yeats (1865–1939) began his career under the spell of the late Victorian era. Art in that time was generally more romantic than worldly.
Born in Dublin on June 13, 1865, William Butler Yeats was gifted with prodigious energies, pursuing interests not only in poetry, but in esoteric philosophy, folklore, painting, theater, and politics. Although the elaborate style of his early poems displays a Pre-Raphaelite influence, ...
William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) stands at the turning point between the Victorian period and Modernism, the conflicting currents of which affected his poetry. Born in Dublin, Yeats’ family moved to London when he was two and he lived there until he was sixteen.
William Butler Yeats ([jeɪts]; 13. juni 1865 i Sandymount ved Dublin – 28. januar 1939 i Menton, Frankrig) var en irsk forfatter, som deltog i den irske frihedsbevægelse. Han anses for at være en af de mest betydningsfulde engelsksprogede forfattere i det 20 århundrede.
W. B. Yeats (Dublín, 13 de junio de 1865 – Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, Francia, 28 de enero de 1939) fue un escritor irlandés, nobel de Literatura en 1923. ... ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 Collected Works in Verse and Prose of William Butler Yeats (1908)Ficha biográfica. Poetry Foundation;
William Butler Yeats, muitas vezes apenas designado por W.B. Yeats (Dublin, 13 de junho de 1865 — Menton, França, 28 de janeiro de 1939), foi um poeta, dramaturgo e místico irlandês.Atuou ativamente no Renascimento Literário Irlandês e foi co-fundador do Abbey Theatre.. Suas obras iniciais eram caracterizadas por tendência romântica exuberante e fantasiosa, que transparece no título ...
