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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.

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Chapter 7

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.337
Scope and Contents

Incomplete draft and draft fragments of Chapter 7, titled "Symbols and Rituals in the later Poetry". Includes Ellmann's letter to "Charley" with notes and handwritten marginal notes.

Dates: 1837 - 1990

Chapter 8

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.337
Scope and Contents

Draft fragment of Chapter 8, titled "Astigmatism and the Later Poetry. 1. A Vision".

Dates: 1837 - 1990

Chapter 9

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.338

Chapter 10

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.338

Chapter 11

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.339

Chapter 12

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.339

Chapter 13

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.339
Scope and Contents

Includes draft of Chapter 13, titled "Spirits and Matter: Towards Harmony".

Dates: 1837 - 1990

Chapter 14

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.339
Scope and Contents

Draft of Chapter 14, titled "All Changed, Changed Utterly"; draft fragments.

Dates: 1837 - 1990

Chapter 15

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Identifier: 1988.012.1.339
Scope and Contents

Draft of Chapter 15, titled "Esoteric Yeatsism: The Flowering of a Dream"; draft fragment.

Dates: 1837 - 1990

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