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Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939

 Person

Biography

William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. A pillar of the Irish literary establishment, he helped to found the Abbey Theatre, and in his later years served two terms as a Senator of the Irish Free State.

Found in 500 Collections and/or Records:

"Frank", 1964 - 1987

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.62
Scope and Contents

Correspondence to/from persons named "Frank", surname unknown.

Dates: 1964 - 1987

"Freud and Literary Biography", Incomplete date

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.47
Scope and Contents

Black and white flyer for a lecture sponsored by various partners at New College, Oxford University.

Dates: Event: Incomplete date

Galley and page proofs, 1986

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.26
Scope and Contents

Photocopied galleys and page proofs for the Library of Congress publication, with photocopied handwritten corrections and revisions.

Dates: Publication: 1986

Galley proofs, 1986

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.25
Scope and Contents

Photocopied galley for "W.B. Yeats's Second Puberty: A Lecture Delivered at the Library of Congress on April 2, 1984", with extensive corrections, revisions, and editor's marks and notes, possibly for an article to be published separately.

Dates: Publication: 1986

Galley proofs, Undated

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.26-27
Scope and Contents

Two sets of galley proofs (author's proof and working copy), both with handwritten revisions, corrections, editor's and proofreader's marks.

Dates: Undated

Galleys

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Identifier: 1988.021.1.339
Scope and Contents

Galley proofs with editor's marks and corrections. Includes a second partial set.

Dates: 1837 - 1990

Galleys: Version 2, 1968

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.24

Garab, Arra M., 1965

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.64
Scope and Contents

Reprint of Garab's article, "Fabulus Artifice: Yeats's 'Three Bushes' Sequence", published in Criticism.

Dates: Publication: 1965

Garnett, Edward

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.332

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Archival Object 495
Collection 3
Unprocessed Material 2
 
Subject
Biography -- 20th century 3
Poets -- British -- 19th century. 2
Poets, British -- 20th century. 2
Biographers -- United States -- Biography 1
English poetry -- Irish authors. 1