W. B. Yeats and the Language of Sculpture

W. B. Yeats and the Language of Sculpture
ISBN-10
019284315X
ISBN-13
9780192843159
Category
Art and literature
Pages
240
Language
English
Published
2022-06-30
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Author
Jack Quin

Description

A study of the relationship between literature and sculpture in the work of W. B. Yeats that draws on an extensive range of unpublished archival materials from the poet's early career in the late Victorian period, and across his entire oeuvre of poetry, plays, and critical writing.

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