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After the death of Algernon Swinburne in April 1909 Yeats announced to his sister that he was now 'King of the Cats'. Yet he was far less sure of himself than this boast suggests. This volume tracks Yeats's unrelenting but often agonised attempts to redefine his positon as a poet in a time of aesthetic and personal transition and uncertainty.

A work of scholarship.

Featuring letters that cover a formative period in W B Yeats' political career, and the beginning of his theatrical involvement, this work appeals to those interested in modern poetry, Irish drama, and cultural history. In each letter, Yeat's private concerns, artistic quarrels and exhausting political life are revealed.

Showing both the political fervour and the poetic sensibility, this collection of letters represent Yeats' as friend, adversary, critic, and man passionately involved in the state of Ireland, culturally and politically. It is suitable to those interested in the development of modern poetry, drama, and cultural history.

Covers a tumultuous period in WB Yeats' public and personal life, beginning with the acrimonious collapse of Maud Gonne's marriage to Major MacBride, and encompassing the fiery disputes in the Abbey Theatre as it changed from an amateur society into a professional company.