William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) was a poet, writer, and one of the mainstays of the British and Irish literary scenes.
Crofton Croker , William Carleton and Edward Walsh , among others..
This collection is edited by Yeats, bringing together Tales and poetry by Lady Wilde , Douglas Hyde , William Allingham , Samuel Ferguson , Letitia Maclintock , T.
He distanced himself from the movement before the Easter Rising of 1916, choosing instead to focus on his literary pursuits.
He spent two terms serving as a senator in Ireland and, as an Irish nationalist, he spent a brieftime in the Irish Republican Brotherhood.
In 1923 he became the first Irishman awarded the Nobel Prize.
William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) was a poet, writer, and one of the mainstays of the British and Irish literary scenes
