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William Butler Yeats (IPA: ) (13 June, 1865 – 28 January, 1939) was an Irish poet, dramatist, mystic and public figure of Anglo-Irish (Protestant) ancestry, brother of the artist Jack Butler Yeats and son of John Butler Yeats. Yeats was one of the driving forces behind the Irish Literary Revival and was co-founder of the Abbey Theatre. Yeats also served as an Irish Senator. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1923 for what the Nobel Committee described as "his always inspired poetry, which in a highly artistic form gives expression to the spirit of a whole nation".
Early life and work
When Yeats was young, his family moved first from Sandymount, County Dublin, to County Sligo, and then to London to enable his father John to further his career as an artist. At first, the Yeats children were educated at home. Their mother, who was homesick for Sligo, entertained them with stories and folktales from her native county.
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A Vision - An attempt to offer a clear and helpful guide to the ideas of A Vision. Explores this esoteric system created by George and W. B. Yeats around the spiral gyre and the phases of the moon.
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LiteratureClassics.com: William B. Yeats - Essays on Yeats' works, as well as a biography and a selection of quotes.
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The Two Trees: Parallel between Yeats's Verse and McKennitt's Lyrics - A comparison of Yeats's poem with the song version by Lorena McKennitt.
Wikipedia: William Butler Yeats - Article discussing the poet's life, works and influence, with a bibliography.
William Butler Yeats - A biography of the Irish poet and dramatist, focusing on his writings for the theatre.
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William Butler Yeats - Biography and selected poems.
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William Butler Yeats - USB Manuscript Collections: William Butler Yeats Microfilmed Manuscripts Collection
William Butler Yeats - To an Isle in The Water - The Poetry of William Butler Yeats set to music and sung by Patti Cohenour.
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Yeats Museum - Information on a small museum which is a permanent tribute to the artistic achievements of the Yeats family, including John Butler Yeats and Jack B. Yeats.
Yeats Society of New York - Calendar of Yeats Society events and activities in NYC, and links to Yeats resources on the net
Yeats Society Sligo - Site devoted to the perpetuation of the artistic heritage of the Yeats family and to the celebration of the life and achievements of William Butler Yeats and his poetry.
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