W. B. Yeats: A Life. I: The Apprentice Mage. 1865-1914

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Contents......Page 10 Illustrations......Page 12 Sources of Illustrations......Page 15 Acknowledgements......Page 16 Foreword......Page 20 Introduction......Page 26 Prologue :Yeatses and Pollexfens......Page 34 Chapter 1: The Artist’s Children. Sligo 1865-1881......Page 39 Chapter 2: Explorations. Dublin 1881-1887......Page 61 Chapter 3: Two Years. Bedford Park 1887-1889......Page 92 Chapter 4: Secret Societies. 1889-1891......Page 122 Chapter 5:The Battles of the Books. 1891-1893......Page 145 Chapter 6: Lands of Heart’s Desire. 1894-1896......Page 168 Chapter 7: Waiting for the Millennium. 1896-1898......Page 195 Chapter 8: Shadowy Waters. 1898-1900......Page 234 Chapter 9: Occult Politics. 1900-1901......Page 258 Chapter 10: National Dramas. 1901-1902......Page 290 Chapter 11: The Taste of Salt. 1902-1903......Page 315 Chapter 12: From America to Abbey Street. 1903-1904......Page 337 Chapter 13: Delighting in Enemies. 1905-1906......Page 363 Chapter 14: Synge and the Ireland of His Time 1907-1909......Page 392 Chapter 15: Severances. 1909-1910......Page 435 Chapter 16: True and False Irelands. 1910-1911......Page 466 Chapter 17: Ghosts. 1911-1913......Page 486 Chapter 18: Memory Harbour. 1913-1914......Page 525 Appendix. ‘The Poet Yeats Talks Drama with Ashton Stevens’......Page 566 Abbreviations......Page 572 Prologue : Yeatses and Pollexfens......Page 575 Chapter 1: The Artist’s Children......Page 577 Chapter 2: Explorations......Page 582 Chapter 3: Two Years. Bedford Park 1887-1889......Page 587 Chapter 4: Secret Societies......Page 591 Chapter 5: The Battle of the Books......Page 594 Chapter 6: Lands of Heart’s Desire......Page 597 Chapter 7: Waiting for the Millennium......Page 600 Chapter 8: Shadowy Waters......Page 606 Chapter 9: Occult Politics......Page 609 Chapter 10: National Dramas......Page 614 Chapter 11: The Taste of Salt......Page 619 Chapter 12: From America to Abbey Street......Page 621 Chapter 13: Delighting in Enemies......Page 625 Chapter 14: Synge and the Ireland of His Time......Page 630 Chapter 15: Severances......Page 637 Chapter 16: True and False Irelands......Page 642 Chapter 17: Ghosts......Page 645 Chapter 18: Memory Harbour......Page 653 Index......Page 659