Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939
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.
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Chapter 2
Draft and draft fragments of Chapter 2, alternately titled "Fathers and Sons" and "A Dyed and Figured Mystery".
Chapter 2
Draft of Chapter 2, titled "Astigmatism and Poetry"; Ellmann's notes.
Chapter 2-3
Handwritten notes on Chapter 2; drafts and draft fragments, one draft titled "The Road to Byzantium".
Chapter 3
Draft of Chapter 3, titled "Fathers and Sons: The Rectory and the Studio"; draft fragments.
Chapter 3
Draft of Chapter 3, titled "A Bardic Creed".
Chapter 4
Drafts of Chapter 4 in three versions, two of which are titled "The Golden Dawn" and "Golden Dawn Theory"; draft fragments.
Chapter 4
Draft of Chapter 4, titled "Iconography"; draft fragments and Ellmann's notes.
Chapter 5
Draft fragments, one version titled "The Early Poems".
Chapter 5
Draft of Chapter 5, titled "The New Skin"; draft fragments; Ellmann's notes.
Chapter 6
Heavily revised draft of Chapter 6 in two versions, titled "Robartes and Aherne"; draft fragments.