Chapter 1 Early Yeats 1
Childhood 1
Early religious and political views 4
"Crossways" 7
Maud Gonne,gender,and The Countess Cathleen 12
"The Rose" 17
The Secret Rose and The Wind Among the Reeds 22
The fading of the Rose 33
Chapter 2 Middle Yeats 36
The Irish National Theatre 36
Early plays:Cathleen ni Houlihan,On Baile's Strand,and The King's Threshold 41
Drama's influence on Yeats's verse style:In the Seven Woods 46
Revisions,masks,and The Green Helmet and Other Poems 51
Responsibilities 58
Ireland's"Troubles" 63
Chapter 3 Late Yeats 66
Lunar visions:The Wild Swans at Coole 66
Four Plays for Dancers and Michael Robartes and the Dancer 70
The Tower 78
The Winding Stair and Other Poems 92
Blueshirts,eugenics,"lust and rage":Yeats's final works 101
Death 113
Chapter 4 Yeats's critics 115
Bibliographies,scholarly editions,and biographies 115
Critical studies 118
Notes 127
Guide to further reading 134
Index 137