Yeats's ghosts : the secret life of W.B. Yeats / Brenda Maddox.

Author
Maddox, Brenda [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st ed.
Published/​Created
New York : HarperCollins, c1999.
Description
xviii, 474 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

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Subject(s)
Summary note
Maddox examines Yeats' obsession with the occult, especially automatic writing, and his relationships with his wife George and other women.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. [447]-459) and index.
Contents
  • An Astrological Deadline (January-March 1917)
  • Counting (March-May 1917)
  • Mother or Daughter (August-September 1917)
  • Soror and Frater (October 1917)
  • Folie a Deux (November-December 1917)
  • An Adventure (January-March 1918)
  • What Rough Beast? (March 1918-February 1919)
  • Only One More (March 1919-May 1920)
  • Waiting for J. B. (May 1920-July 1922)
  • The Silent Woman (1865-1900)
  • Politics and Potency (1922-1928)
  • Politics and Potency, Con't. (1928-1934)
  • "This Is Baghdad" (April 1934-December 1935)
  • O My Dears (January 1936-March 1937)
  • Such Friends (April 1937-January 1938)
  • A Working Year (January 1938-January 28, 1939)
  • Epilogue: Laid to Rest?.
ISBN
  • 0060174943
  • 9780060174941
LCCN
99012858
OCLC
40776727
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