Yeats, William Butler

New York. 1989. Hudson River Editions/Macmillan. 1st Printing of This Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0026329425. Selected by Mrs. W. B. Yeats. 452 pages. hardcover. keywords: Literature Ireland Poetry. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Explorations is a collection of important, long-out-of-print prose works of the great Irish poet and playwright. It includes Yeats's writings that make up ‘The Irish Dramatic Movement: 1901-1919,' an explanation and passionate defense of the principles that guided Yeats and his collaborators in their work for an Irish ‘People's Theatre.' Yeats records here his penetrating observations on acting and scenery, plays and playwrights, censorship and morality, and the need for reform in the theatre. This volume also includes ‘Fighting the Waves,' Yeats's reworking in prose of ‘The Only Jealousy of Emer,' one of his ‘plays for dancers'; revealing introductions to four of his plays; selections from ‘On the Boiler,' including his political testament ‘Ireland after the Revolution'; previously uncollected forewords to books he greatly admired; and essays, among them ‘Swedenborg, Mediums, and the Desolate Places,' ‘If I Were Four-and-Twenty,' and ‘Pages from a Diary Written in Nineteen Hundred and Thirty.' A valuable companion to Yeats's other works, Explorations sheds light on the man, his time, and his complex genius. Yeats's Autobiography and The Variorum Edition of the Poems of W. B. Yeats,edited by Peter Allt and Russell K. Alspach, are also available in Hudson River Editions. Hudson River Editions are a series of reprints of outstanding titles. They include classic works of fiction, philosophy, and criticism. Each volume is bound in sturdy cloth, with complete reinforcement and foil stamping - a durable binding for long-lasting works. inventory #23389 ISBN: 0026329425.