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The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats, Volume IV: Early Essays is part of a fourteen-volume series under the general editorship of eminent Yeats scholars George Bornstein and George Mills Harper. These volumes include virtually all of the Nobel laureates published work, in authoritative texts with extensive explanatory notes.Early Essays, edited by the internationally esteemed Yeats scholars George Bornstein and the late Richard J. Finneran, includes the contents of the two most important collections of Yeatss critical prose, Ideas of Good and Evil(1903) and The Cutting of an Agate(1912, 1919). Among the seminal essays are considerations of Blake, Shakespeare, Shelley, Spenser, and Synge, as well as an extended discussion of the Japanese Noh theatre. The first scholarly edition of these materials, Early Essays offers a corrected text and detailed annotation of all allusions. Several appendices gather materials from early printings which were later excluded, as well as illuminating black-and-white illustrations.Early Essays is an essential sourcebook for understanding Yeatss career as both writer and literary critic, and for the development of modern poetry and criticism. Here, Yeats works out many of his key ideas on poetry, politics, and the theater. He gives interpretations of writers critical to his development and presents a compelling vision of Ireland and the modern world during the last decade of the nineteenth century and first two decades of the twentieth. As T. S. Eliot remarked, Yeats was one of those few whose history is the history of their own time, who are a part of the consciousness of an age which cannot be understood without them. This volume displays a crucial part of that history.

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The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats
George Mills Harper and George Bornstein,
General Editors

VOLUME I THE POEMS

ed. Richard J.Finneran

VOLUME II THE PLAYS

ed. David R. Clark and Rosalind E. Clark

VOLUME III AUTOBIOGRAPHIES

ed. William H. ODonnell and Douglas N. Archibald

VOLUME IV EARLY ESSAYS

ed. George Bornstein and Richard J. Finneran

VOLUME V LATER ESSAYS

ed. William H. ODonnell

VOLUME VI PREFACES AND INTRODUCTIONS

ed. William H. ODonnell

VOLUME VII LETTERS TO THE NEW ISLAND

ed. George Bornstein and Hugh Witemeyer

VOLUME VIII THE IRISH DRAMATIC MOVEMENT

ed. Mary FitzGerald and Richard J. Finneran

VOLUME IX EARLY ARTICLES AND REVIEWS

ed. John P. Frayne and Madeleine Marchaterre

VOLUME X LATER ARTICLES AND REVIEWS

ed. Colton Johnson

VOLUME XI MYTHOLOGIES

ed. Jonathan Allison

VOLUME XII JOHN SHERMAN AND DHOYA

ed. Richard J. Finneran

VOLUME XIII A VISION (1925)

ed. Margaret Mills Harper and Catherine Paul

VOLUME XIV A VISION (1937)

ed. Margaret Mills Harper and Catherine Paul

Francesca and Paolo After the rare engraving by William Blake Inferno V - photo 2

Francesca and Paolo. After the rare engraving by William Blake ( Inferno V)

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Compilation copyright 2007 by Michael Yeats

Notes and preparatory material copyright 2007

by Richard Finneran and George Bornstein

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 18651939.

Early essays / W. B. Yeats ;
edited by George Bornstein and Richard J. Finneran.

p. cm.(The collected works of W. B. Yeats ; v.4)

Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.

I. Bornstein, George. II. Finneran, Richard J. III. Title.

PR 5900.A2 F56 1989 vol. 9

821.8dc 22 88-027365

ISBN-13: 978-1-4165-5687-9
ISBN-10: 1-4165-5687-7

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To the memory of

Richard J. Finneran

and

to our children:

Ben, Rebecca, and Josh Bornstein

Rich and Kate Finneran

Contents
Editors Preface
and Acknowledgments

This volume contains the first scholarly edition of Yeatss two most important volumes of criticism written during his youth and middle age, Ideas of Good and Evil and The Cutting of an Agate, both included by him in the 1924 volume Essays and from 1961 until recently available chiefly through the posthumous Essays and Introductions compilation. The front matter contains lists of abbreviations and illustrations, followed by the editors introduction. The essays themselves then follow, first IGE and then COA. After that come first Yeatss own prefaces to COA and his dedication of Essays (1924). A series of appendices presents a chronological list of essays by date of first publication, the omitted The Pathway, and omitted sections from seven other essays, including the illustrations that originally accompanied William Blake and His Illustrations to The Divine Comedy. The final section, Textual Matters and Notes, begins with an explanation of our textual policies and procedures, followed by lists of textual emendations and corrections. Explanatory notes include first background notes on fourteen frequently cited writers, followed by headnotes for each essay and identification of quotations and direct allusions in Yeatss texts. Finally, an index facilitates finding writers, works, and other topics referred to in the text.

Completing a project like this requires assistance from a variety of sources. We are pleased to acknowledge generous help from the following scholars: Morris Eaves, Neil Fraistat, Linda Gregerson, Margaret Harper, K. P. S. Jochum, Declan Kiely, Kerry Larson, Jerome McGann, James McGuire, William ODonnell, James Olney, Jonathan Price, Ann Saddlemyer, and H. Wayne Storey. We owe a special debt to Jon Alan Lanham, who provided us with a copy of his doctoral dissertation, A Critical Edition of Ideas of Good and Evil by W. B. Yeats (PhD diss., University of Toronto, 1976), which proved helpful throughout our work.

We are also pleased to acknowledge help from librarians and curators at the following collections: Boston Museum of Fine Arts (Joan Cummins), British Museum (Richard Blurton, Michael Boggan, Timothy Clark, Christopher Fletcher, Antony Griffiths, Peter Higgs), Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at University of Texas at Austin (Elizabeth Garver, Kurt Heinzelman, Tom Staley), National Library of Ireland (Catherine Fahy, Peter Kenny, Dnal Luanaigh), New York Public Library (Berg Collection: Isaac Gewirtz), University of London Library (Alun Ford), University of Michigan Library (Kathryn Beam, Peggy Daub, Franki Hand), University of New York at Stony Brook Yeats Archive (Kristen J. Nyitray), University of North Carolina Library (Charles Macnamara).

We have been fortunate to have exceptionally enthusiastic and competent research assistants. Richard Finneran acknowledges help from Brian Gempp, Jesse Graves, and Lauren Todd Taylor at the University of Tennessee. George Bornstein acknowledges help from Olivia Bustion, Russell McDonald, Jamie Olson, and Jenny Sorensen at the University of Michigan. The University of Michigan also provided timely research support through the Office of the Vice President for Research, the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Study, the College of Literature Science and Arts, and the Department of English. The University of Tennessee did so through the John C. Hodges Better English Fund.

THE EDITORS

After a two-year struggle against cancer, Richard Finneranco-editor of this volume and of the Collected Works of W. B. Yeatspassed away while Early Essays was in press. His passing is a great loss to many both professionally and personally. The dedication of this edition to our children follows our original plan. I have added his own name to the dedication in tribute to his memory and friendship.

GEORGE BORNSTEIN

Abbreviations

Illustrations 1 Francesca and Paolo Inferno V - photo 4Illustrations 1 Francesca and Paolo Inferno V 2 Cover of Ideas of Good - photo 5Illustrations 1 Francesca and Paolo Inferno V 2 Cover of Ideas of Good - photo 6Illustrations 1 Francesca and Paolo Inferno V 2 Cover of Ideas of Good - photo 7
Illustrations
  • 1. Francesca and Paolo ( Inferno V)
  • 2. Cover of Ideas of Good and Evil (1903)
  • 3. T. Sturge Moores design for the cover of The Cutting of an Agate (1919)
  • 4. Cover of Essays (1924)
  • 5. Endpaper of Essays (1924)
Illustrations from Blake (Appendix D)
  • 6. The Passing of Dante and Virgil Through the Portico of Hell ( Inferno III)
  • 7. Angry Spirits Fighting in the Waters of the Styx ( Inferno VII)
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