W. B. Yeats and the Muses.
Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2010. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xii + 258pp. Black cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine, endnotes, bibliography and index, b&w illustrations. From the publisher: "Hassett explores how nine fascinating women inspired much of W.B. Yeats's poetry. These women are particularly important because Yeats perceived them in terms of beliefs about poetic inspiration akin to the Greek notion that a great poet is inspired and possessed by the feminine voices of the Muses. Influenced by the Pre-Raphaelite idea of woman as 'romantic and mysterious, still the priestess of her shrine', Yeats found his Muses in living women. His extraordinarily long and fruitful poetic career was fuelled by passionate relationships with women to and about whom he wrote some of his most compelling poetry." Includes a chapter on Florence Farr. Light bruising and rubbing to spine ends and corners, else a tight, bright near Fine copy in near Fine dust jacket. Item #61812
ISBN: 9780199582907
Price: $65.00