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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 495 Collections and/or Records:

Chapter 2-3

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.338
Scope and Contents

Handwritten notes on Chapter 2; drafts and draft fragments, one draft titled "The Road to Byzantium".

Dates: 1837 - 1990

Chapter 3

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.338
Scope and Contents

Draft of Chapter 3, titled "Fathers and Sons: The Rectory and the Studio"; draft fragments.

Dates: 1837 - 1990

Chapter 3

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.337

Chapter 4

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.338
Scope and Contents

Drafts of Chapter 4 in three versions, two of which are titled "The Golden Dawn" and "Golden Dawn Theory"; draft fragments.

Dates: 1837 - 1990

Chapter 4

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.337
Scope and Contents

Draft of Chapter 4, titled "Iconography"; draft fragments and Ellmann's notes.

Dates: 1837 - 1990

Chapter 5

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.338

Chapter 5

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.337
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Draft of Chapter 5, titled "The New Skin"; draft fragments; Ellmann's notes.

Dates: 1837 - 1990

Chapter 6

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.338
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Heavily revised draft of Chapter 6 in two versions, titled "Robartes and Aherne"; draft fragments.

Dates: 1837 - 1990

Chapter 6

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.337
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Drafts and partial drafts of Chapter 7, titled "Rhetoric"; draft fragments and Ellmann's notes.

Dates: 1837 - 1990

Chapter 7

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.338
Scope and Contents

Draft of Chapter 7 titled, "The Golden Dawn"; fragments of another version.

Dates: 1837 - 1990

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English poetry -- Irish authors. 1
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