W. B. Yeats and the Language of Sculpture (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780192843159)

This book comprehensively examines the relationship between literature and sculpture in the work of W. B. Yeats, drawing on extensive archival research to offer revelatory new readings of the poet. The book traces Yeats's literary and critical engagement with Celtic Revival statuary, public monuments in Dublin, the coin designs of the Irish Free State, abstract sculpture by the Vorticists and modernists, and a variety of carvings, decorative sculptures, and objets d'art. By charting Yeats's early art school education in Dublin, his attempts to raise funds for public monuments in the city, and to secure commissions for his favourite sculptors, the book documents a lifelong interest in the plastic arts. New and original readings of Yeats's poetry, drama, and prose criticism emerge from this concertedly inter-arts and interdisciplinary study.

Author: Jack Quin
ISBN-10: 019284315X
ISBN-13: 9780192843159
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 10/31/2022
Pages: 216
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.09lbs
Size: 9.47h x 6.43w x 0.76d