The major works

This volume represents the full range of Yeatss achievement, from the Romantic early poems of "Crossways" and the symbolist masterpiece "the wind among the reeds" to his last poems. Myth and folk-tale influence both his poems and his plays, represented here by "Cathleen ni Houlihan" and "Deirdre" among others. The importance of the spirit world to his life and work is evident in his critical essays and occult writings, and the anthology also contains political speeches, autobiographical writings, and a selection of letters. This edition also consists of Introduction, Notes on the Text, Bibliography, A Chronology of the Author and Explanatory Notes.