Yeats, W. B.

1. In Alvarez, A. (Alfred), 1929-. Stewards of Excellence: Studies in Modern English and American Poets. New York: Scribner, [1958]. pp. 11-47.
   Criticism -- Poetry

2. In Bayley, John, 1925-. Bayley, John, 1925-. The Romantic Survival: a Study in Poetic Evolution. London: Constable, [1957]. pp. 77-126.
   Criticism -- Poetry -- Themes -- "Romanticism"

3. In Blackmur, R. P. The Expense of Greatness. Glouscester, Mass.: Peter Smith, 1958. pp. 106-138.
   Criticism -- Poetry

4. In Blackmur, R. P. Form and Value in Modern Poetry. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1957 [c1952]. pp. 33-78.
   Criticism -- Poetry

5. In Blackmur, R. P. Selected Essays of R.P. Blackmur . New York : Ecco Press, 1986. pp. 145-169.
   Criticism -- Poetry -- "Leda and the Swan" -- "The Magi" -- "Sailing to Byzantium -- "The Second Coming" --

6. In Bloom, Harold, ed. Poetry and Repression: Revisionism from Blake to Stevens. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1976. pp. 205-234.
   Criticism -- Poetry

7. In Bowra, C. M. (Cecil Maurice), 1898-1971. A Heritage of Symbolism. London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1943. pp. 180-218.
   Criticism -- Works

8. In Bradbrook, M. C.(Muriel Clara), 1909- English Dramatic Form; a History of its Development. New York: Barnes & Noble, [1965]. pp. 123-142.
   Criticism -- Plays

9. In Bronowski, Jacob, 1908-1974. The Poet's Defence. Westport, Conn.: Hyperion Press, 1979. pp. 229-252.
   Criticism -- Poetry including "The Countess Cathleen," "Sailing to Byzantium"

10. In Brooks, Cleanth, 1906- The Hidden God: Studies in Hemingway, Faulkner, Yeats, Eliot, and Warren. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1963. pp. 44-66.
    Biography. Criticism -- Poetry including "Under Ben Bulben" -- A Vision

11. In Daiches, David. Poetry and the Modern World: a Study of Poetry in England Between 1900 and 1939. New York: Biblo and Tannen, 1969. pp. 128-189.
    Biography. Criticism -- Poetry including "The Green Helmet," " In the Seven Woods."

12. In Donoghue, Denis. The Third Voice: Modern British and American Verse Drama. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1959.
    Criticism -- Plays including The Shadowy Waters, The Hour Glass, At the Hawk's Well, A Full Moon in March.

13. In Douglas, Wallace, ed. The Critical Reader. New York, Norton, 1962. pp. 726-729.
    Criticism -- "Sailing to Byzantium"

14. In Ellmann, Richard. a long the river run: Selected Essays. New York : Knopf, 1989, c1988. pp. 18-32, 46-66, 78-97, 239-255, plus see index.
    Criticism -- Works -- Poetry -- "King of the Great Clock Tower" -- A Vision

15. In Evans, B, Ifor. Tradition and Romanticism. Hamden, Connecticut, Archon, 1964. pp. 201-208.
    Criticism -- Poetry --

16. In Ellis-Fermor, Una Mary. The Irish Dramatic Movement. London: Methuen, [1964]. pp. 91-116.
    Criticism -- Plays

17. In Finney, Brian. The Inner I . New York : Oxford University Press, 1985. pp. 150-157.
    Biography -- Criticism -- Reveries Over Childhood and Youth

18. In Frankenberg, Lloyd. Invitation to Poetry. Garden City, N. Y., Doubleday, 1956. pp. 382-383.
    Criticism -- "Sailing to Byzantium"

19. In Gregory, Horace. The Shield of Achilles. New York, Harcourt, Brace, 1944. pp. 136-155.
    Criticism -- Poetry -- Swift, Jonathan - Influence --

20. In Harrison, John R. The Reactionaries. New York, Schocken Books, 1967. pp. 39-76.
    Criticism -- Works -- Poetry -- Politics in Literature --

21. In Hardy, John Edward. The Curious Frame. Notre Dame, Ind., University of Notre Dame Press, 1962. pp. 116-150.
    Criticism -- "A Prayer for My Daughter.

22. In Henderson, Philip. The Poet and Society. Folcroft, Pa., Folcroft Press, 1969. pp. 132-153.
    Criticism -- Poetry -- Politics in Literature -- Works -- Green Helmet -- The Herne's Egg -- "Meditations in Time of Civil War" -- Responsibilities -- "These are the Clouds" -- The Winding Stair -- A Vision

23. In Highet, Gilbert. The Power of Poetry. New York, Oxford University Press, 1960. pp. 106-113.
    Criticism -- Works -- Poetry

24. In Holroyd, Stuart. Emergence from Chaos. London: Gollanez, 1957. pp. 113-137.
    Criticism -- Poetry

25. In Jennings, Elizabeth, 1926- Seven Men of Vision: an Appreciation. New York: Barnes & Noble, 1976. pp. 11-44.
    Criticism -- Poetry

26. In Kenner, Hugh. A Colder Eye: the Modern Irish Writers. New York, N.Y.: Knopf, 1983. pp. 90-112, plus various pages.
    Criticism -- Works

27. In Knights, L. C. Explorations: Essays in Criticism Mainly on the Literature of the Seventeenth Century. New York: New York University Press, 1964 [c.1947]. pp. 190-205.
    Criticism -- Poetry

28. In Kreuzer, James R. and Cogan, Lee, eds. Modern Writings on Major English Authors. Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, 1963. pp. 643-651.
    Criticism -- Works

29. In Leavis, F. R. (Frank Raymond), 1895- Lectures in America. New York: Pantheon Books, [1969]. pp. 59-81.
    Criticism -- Poetry including "Sailing to Byzantium," " Byzantium," "Among School Children."

30. In Lehmann, John. The Open Night. New York, Harcourt, Brace, 1952. pp. 15-22.
    Criticism -- Works --

31. In Loftus, Richard J. Nationalism in Modern Anglo-Irish Poetry. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1964. pp. 38-96.
    Criticism -- Poetry -- Themes

32. In Lynd, Robert. Old and New Masters. London, T.F. Unwin ltd. 1919. pp. 156-170.
    Biography -- Criticism -- Poetry -- Responsibilities -- Reveries of Childhood and Youth -- Wind Among the Reeds -- "The Fisherman" -- "The Stolen Child" --

33. In Miller, J. Hillis (Joseph Hillis), 1928- Poets of Reality: Six Twentieth-Century Writers. Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1965. pp. 68-130.
    Criticism -- Works -- Themes

34. In Oates, Joyce Carol. The Edge of Impossibility . New York, Vanguard Press, 1972. pp. 163-188.
    Criticism -- Plays -- A Full Moon in March --

35. In Potts, Abbie Findlay. The Elegiac Mode. Ithaca, N.Y., Cornell University Press, 1967. pp. 358-394.
    Criticism -- Poetry

36. In Pratt, John Clark. The Meaning of Modern Poetry. Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1962. pp. 375-376, 369, 390.
    Criticism -- "Leda and the Swan"

37. In Rexroth, Kenneth. More Classics Revisited . New York : New Directions, c1986. pp. 132-136.
    Criticism -- Plays

38. In Roppen, Georg. Strangers and Pilgrims: an Essay on the Metaphor of Journey. pp. 337-352.
    Criticism -- "Byzantium" -- "Sailing to Byzantium"

39. In Rosenthal, M. L. The Modern Poets. New York, Oxford University Press, 1960. pp. 28-48, plus see index.
    Criticism -- Works -- Poetry -- "Church and State" -- "A Dialogue of Self and Soul" -- "Easter 1916" -- "Lapis Lazuli" -- "Leda and the Swan" -- "The man Who Dreamed of Faeryland" -- "The Second Coming" -- "The Stolen Child" -- "Who Goes with Fergus" -- A Vision

40. In Seward, Barbara. The Symbolic Rose. New York: Columbia University Press, 1960 [c1954]. pp. 88-117.
    Criticism -- Works -- Themes

41. In Sitwell, Edith, Dame, 1887-1964. Aspects of Modern Poetry. St. Clair Shores, Michigan: Scholarly Press, 1972. pp. 73-89.
    Criticism -- Poetry

42. In Spitzer, Leo. Essays on English and American Literature. Princeton, N.J., Princeton University Press, 1962. pp. 3-13.
    Criticism -- "Leda and the Swan"

43. In Stewart, J. I. M. (John Innes Mackintosh), 1906- Eight Modern Writers. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1963. pp. 294-422.
    Biography. Criticism -- Works including The Tower, The Winding Stair.

44. In Trilling, Lionel. Prefaces to the Experience of Literature. New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c1979. pp. 51-55, 269-273.
    Criticism -- Purgatory -- "Sailing to Byzantium"

45. In Walsh, Chad. Twice Ten: An Introduction to Poetry. New York : Wiley, c1976. pp. 129-149.
    Biography -- Criticism -- Poetry -- "Adams Curse" -- "Circus Animals Desertion" -- "Crazy Jane Talks with the Bishop" -- "The Dolls" -- "Long-Legged Fly" -- "The Stolen Child" -- "The Wild Swans of Coole"

46. In Warner, Marina. Fantastic Metamorphoses, Other Worlds. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002. pp. 110-113.
    Criticism -- "Leda and the Swan"

47. In Weygandt, Cornelius. The Time of Yeats. New York, Russell & Russell, 1969. pp. 167-191.
    Criticism -- Plays -- Poetry

48. In Williams, Raymond. Drama, From Ibsen to Eliot. London Chatto & Windus [1952]. pp. 205-222.
    Criticism -- Drama

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