Ann Saddlemyer's biography of W. B. Yeats's wife, George, portrays an extraordinarily talented, intelligent, and self-effacing woman, whose creative influence has never before been fully understood. She was wife and manager of a famous poet, and mother to his children, but in her own right also an inspired visionary and a practical woman of the arts. Georgie Hyde Lees was raised in London's literary salons, where arts, anthroposophy and the occult met. An accomplished linguist, art student and literary scholar, she married ...
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Ann Saddlemyer's biography of W. B. Yeats's wife, George, portrays an extraordinarily talented, intelligent, and self-effacing woman, whose creative influence has never before been fully understood. She was wife and manager of a famous poet, and mother to his children, but in her own right also an inspired visionary and a practical woman of the arts. Georgie Hyde Lees was raised in London's literary salons, where arts, anthroposophy and the occult met. An accomplished linguist, art student and literary scholar, she married W. B. Yeats when she was 25, and he 52. Her supernatural "automatic writing" became the inspiration of Yeats's poetry and thought for the last 20 years of his life, yet she always concealed the depth of their collaboration. Close friend of many writers and poets, among them Frank O'Connor and Ezra Pound, she spent her long widowhood steering the "Yeats industry" and actively assisting younger scholars and writers. For the first time, this intelligent and creative woman is allowed to take center stage. Drawing on memoirs and a wealth of unknown and unpublished sources, this biography by the distinguished scholar Ann Saddlemyer reveals someone much more significant than just '"Mrs. W. B. Yeats"--a personality at once visionary and practical, and an important figure in twentieth-century literary history.
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First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Large 8vo. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered gilt on spine. ISBN: 0198112327 Pages: 760 Fine in very good indeed dust jacket, with slight sunning at spine.
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Very Good. Some outer edges have minor scuffs, cover has light scratches, outer pages have shelf wear, book content is in very good readable condition. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 808 p. Contains: Illustrations.
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Good. Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Fine in Fine dust jacket. 0198112327. Classic Oxford blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. B/w plates. Due to size, ships within US only and only by media rate mail.; tall 8vo 9"-10" tall; 760 pp.
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Very good in very good jacket. Size: 6x2x9; NOT an ex library book. 808 pages including the index. Dust jacket has 1/2" tear top of front endflap, no chips.
