W.B. Yeats
Paperback | Pages: 134 pages Rating: 4.06 | 580 Users | 59 Reviews
Mention Books As The Tower
| Original Title: | The Tower |
| ISBN: | 0743247280 (ISBN13: 9780743247283) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Rendition During Books The Tower
The first edition of W. B. Yeats's The Tower appeared in bookstores in London on Valentine's Day, 1928. His English publisher printed just 2,000 copies of this slender volume of twenty-one poems, priced at six shillings. The book was immediately embraced by book buyers and critics alike, and it quickly became a bestseller.Subsequent versions of the volume made various changes throughout, but this Scribner facsimile edition reproduces exactly that seminal first edition as it reached its earliest audience in 1928, adding an introduction and notes by esteemed Yeats scholar Richard J. Finneran.
Written between 1912 and 1927, these poems ("Sailing to Byzantium," "Leda and the Swan," and "Among School Children" among them) are today considered some of the best and most famous in the entire Yeats canon. As Virginia Woolf declared in her unsigned review of this collection, "Mr. Yeats has never written more exactly and more passionately."
Point Containing Books The Tower
| Title | : | The Tower |
| Author | : | W.B. Yeats |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Facsimile Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 134 pages |
| Published | : | January 20th 2004 by Scribner (first published 1928) |
| Categories | : | Poetry. Classics. European Literature. Irish Literature. Cultural. Ireland. Literature |
Rating Containing Books The Tower
Ratings: 4.06 From 580 Users | 59 ReviewsEvaluate Containing Books The Tower
This is great poetry, great writing; even an imbecile like me can "feel" that. But I have to admit that it is beyond my ability to truly understand the meaning, the essence of what the poet was saying, and not just with this work but any poetry. So I just read, enjoy it (or not), and apply it to my life, my thoughts, my sensitivities (or not).This volume is considered by scholars and critics to be some of Yeats best work, and he wrote this 5 years AFTER he received the Nobel Prize in Literature.What shall I do with this absurdityA good read, Continue with W.B. Yeats Lyrical Collection...Sailing to Byzantium and The TowerA short one than usual but very good poemsWell written and it rhythms in most parts
A dying Yeats resonates with me, constantly oscillating between accepting death and hoping that hell leave something behind; and silently shunning the ill-equipped, ill-fated generations to come.
The slower you read the better. The more you look at trees with few leaves, the deeper. Oh, sorry, that sounded real cheesily poetic. Once I read this again some time I might rate it five stars like everyone else. But what does it matter? You'll probably recommend it anyways! :)
Great book reads like Shakespeare. Speaks about legends and hidden secrets. Not recommended for those who have not read Shakespeare since a lot of it has metaphoric symbolism. The writing is great and truly made me feel everything that was presented.
Didn't really resonate, but it is mostly very well-written.
What shall I do with this absurdityA good read, Continue with W.B. Yeats Lyrical Collection...Sailing to Byzantium and The TowerA short one than usual but very good poemsWell written and it rhythms in most parts
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