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Foster, R. F. 1949-

Words alone : Yeats and his inheritance / Yeats and his inheritance R.F. Foster. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. - xix, 236 p. : ill., facsims., ports. ; 20 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 174-219) and index.

National tales and national futures in Ireland and Scotland after 1800 -- The first Romantics : young Irelands between Catholic emancipation and the famine -- Lost in the big house : Anglo-Irishry and the uses of the supernatural -- Oisin comes home : Yeats as inheritor.

ISBN: 9780199592166 (hbk.) 0199592160 (hbk.)

LCCN: 2011378506

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB0D3262 bnb

Subjects--Personal Names:
Yeats, W. B. 1865-1939 --Criticism and interpretation.
Yeats, W. B. 1865-1939 --Sources.
Yeats, William B.

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
Geschichte 1800-1900.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
English literature--Irish authors--History and criticism.
English literature--History and criticism.--19th century
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
English literature--Irish influences.
Literatur.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Ireland--Civilization--19th century.
Englisch.
Irland.

LC Class. No.: PR5907 / .F67 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 821.8