Yeats the Playwright : A commentary on character and design in the major plays / by Peter Ure
1963, First Edition. London : Routledge & Kegan Paul. Library copy with library marks. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #404331
Physical description; vii, 182 pages ; 23 cm. Notes; Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 166-173). Contents; PART ONE: APPLIED ARTS. A counter-truth -- The Countess Cathleen -- The man that dies -- The King's Threshold -- Deirdre -- PART TWO: THE MYSTERY TO COME. The Cuchlain plays -- On Baile's strand -- The golden helmet -- At the hawk's well -- The only jealousy of Emer -- The death of Cuchlain -- From grave to craddle -- The dreaming of the bones -- The words upon the windowpane -- Purgatory -- For reason, miracle -- Calvary -- The resurrection -- The beasts -- Where there is nothing -- The unicorn from the stars -- The player Queen -- The Herne's egg -- The image in the head -- The King of the great clock tower -- A full moon in March. Subjects; Yeats, W. B. (William Butler) 1865-1939. Yeats, W. B. (William Butler) 1865-1939 Dramatic works. Yeats, W. B. (William Butler) 1865-1939 Criticism and interpretation. Irish drama--20th century--Critical studies. English drama 20th century History and criticism.
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