{"product_id":"the-yeats-we-knew-francis-macmanus-9781781179338","title":"The Yeats We Knew","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEDITED BY FRANCIS MACMANUS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat deep man, William Butler Yeats, was saluted as the greatest poet of our century. He puzzled, fascinated, astonished, charmed, antagonized and even patronized his contemporaries. What was he like? Was the intimate private poet the same figure as the politician, the alleged poseur, the handsome man who moved slowly and hieratically through a street or a drawing-room?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFive of his contemporaries recall him from the living portrait gallery of their memories in this lively book, \u003cem\u003eThe Yeats We Knew.\u003c\/em\u003e The five men are all distinguished writers - poets, novelists, and publicists - and they are Padraic Colum, Francis Stuart, Monk Gibbon, Austin Clarke and Earn?n de Blaghd. The portraits differ in details but they all add up to a picture of a most potent Irish personality whose words and ideas still work profoundly in minds and hearts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese five contributions, edited and introduced by Francis MacManus, are the texts of Thomas Davis Lectures broadcast on Radio ?ireann to celebrate the centenary of the poet's birth in 1965.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Francis MacManus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1781179336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781781179338\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mercier Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/06\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 98\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.00h x 4.37w x 0.20d","brand":"Francis MacManus","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46571315167487,"sku":"9781781179338","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dd354306-a629-470e-ac83-c5d552654554.jpg?v=1738807870","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-yeats-we-knew-francis-macmanus-9781781179338","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}