William Butler Yeats wrote "The Second Coming" a hundred years ago, when the world seemed on the verge. Perhaps like now, perhaps like many years. The losses of the First World War were still ...
In March 1920, on his third and final visit to Chicago, William Butler Yeats explained his dramatic ideal to a crowd at the Casino Club. “I am trying,” he said, “to create a form of poetical drama ...
A poor student who never went to university, only to painting school, William Butler Yeats professed a scorn for scholarship. Nonetheless, he became an active critic. Financial need motivated much of ...
November 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of one of the most famous and influential poems of the 20th century. It is titled “The Second Coming.” It was written in 1919 by the Irish ...
This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Since May 2006, Ireland’s National Library has hosted a popular exhibit ...
William Butler Yeats was born on June 13, 1865 in Sandymount in Dublin and went on to become a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival in the late 19th century. In 1923, the talented Irish ...
William Butler Yeats wrote "The Second Coming" a hundred years ago, when the world seemed on the verge. Perhaps like now, perhaps like many years. The losses of the First World War were still ...
NPR's Scott Simon reflects on what a 100 year-old poem by William Butler Yeats means today. Opinion: Reading William Butler Yeats 100 Years Later William Butler Yeats wrote "The Second Coming" a ...