01424nam a2200301 a 4500 EDZ0000076233 StDuBDS 20150804193924.0 m||||||||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 100819s2010 enkc fo 001 0 eng d 9780191723216 (ebook) : No price StDuBDS StDuBDS PR5908 821.8 22 Hassett, Joseph M. W.B. Yeats and the Muses [electronic resource] / Joseph M. Hassett. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010. 1 online resource (xii, 258 p.) : ports. This text explores how Yeats perceived the women to and about whom he wrote some of his greatest poetry in terms akin to the Greek notion that a poet is inspired and possessed by the feminine voices of the Muses. Newly available letters and manuscripts are used to examine the creative process and interpret the poems. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references and index. Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939 Criticism and interpretation. Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939 Relations with women. Women in literature. Print version 9780199582907 Oxford scholarship online http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199582907.001.0001 36814 36814