Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Chapter 1 Early Yeats
Childhood
Early religious and political views
"Crossways"
Maud Gonne, gender, and The Countess Cathleen
"The Rose"
The Secret Rose and The Wind Among the Reeds
The fading of the Rose
Chapter 2 Middle Yeats
The Irish National Theatre
Early plays: Cathleen ni Houlihan, On Baile''s Strand, and The King''s Threshold
Drama''s influence on Yeats''s verse style: In the Seven Woods
Revisions, masks, and The Green Helmet and Other Poems
Responsibilities
Ireland''s "Troubles"
Chapter 3 Late Yeats
Lunar visions: The Wild Swans at Coole
Four Plays for Dancers and Michael Robartes and the Dancer
The Tower
The Winding Stair and Other Poems
Blueshirts, eugenics, "lust and rage": Yeats''s final works
Death
Chapter 4 Yeats''s critics
Bibliographies, scholarly editions, and biographies
Critical studies
Notes
Guide to further reading
Index