{"product_id":"the-yeats-we-knew-paperback","title":"The Yeats We Knew - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrancis MacManus\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEDITED BY FRANCIS MACMANUS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat deep man, William Butler Yeats, was saluted as the greatest poet of our century. He puzzled, fascinated, astonished, charmed, antagonized and even patronized his contemporaries. What was he like? Was the intimate private poet the same figure as the politician, the alleged poseur, the handsome man who moved slowly and hieratically through a street or a drawing-room?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFive of his contemporaries recall him from the living portrait gallery of their memories in this lively book, \u003cem\u003eThe Yeats We Knew.\u003c\/em\u003e The five men are all distinguished writers - poets, novelists, and publicists - and they are Padraic Colum, Francis Stuart, Monk Gibbon, Austin Clarke and Earnán de Blaghd. The portraits differ in details but they all add up to a picture of a most potent Irish personality whose words and ideas still work profoundly in minds and hearts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese five contributions, edited and introduced by Francis MacManus, are the texts of Thomas Davis Lectures broadcast on Radio Éireann to celebrate the centenary of the poet's birth in 1965.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 98\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.2 x 7 x 4.37 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 06, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53376839450931,"sku":"9781781179338","price":30.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/AJi7-wnMuR9781781179338.webp?v=1779310389","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-yeats-we-knew-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}