√ Short Biography of William Butler YEATS Explained in 5 Minutes, Watch this video!

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What Do I Need to Know About Yeats?
• Biography
• Contextual Values
• Themes
• Possible Genres
• Language Techniques
• Poetic Structure
• Critics’ Essays
Biography
• Born 1865 – Died 1939.
• His father was an Irish Nationalist but his mother believed Ireland should remain under Britain.
• Yeats’ family moved between London and Ireland in order to study visual arts.
• In London, he joined the Rhymers Club, meeting other writers e.g. Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw.
• In 1899 he published his first collection The Wanderings of Usheen and other Poems.
• He was often homesick and helped compile books of Irish fairy tales and verse.
• In 1889 he met his muse and unrequited love: poet, feminist, actress, and revolutionary Maud Gonne, who worked with him at the National Theatre of Ireland.
• In 1903, he was a successful poet and playwright and toured the USA.
• In 1917 he married George Hyde Lees who fostered his interest in mysticism and automatic writing. She helped him write A Vision (1925) which explained his bizarre philosophy of gyres which becomes symbolism in his poetry, especially The Second Coming.
• Some of his friends participated in the Easter Uprising of 1916; he wrote poetry in response to this.
• In his later years he was elected to the Irish Senate and in 1923 received the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Contextual Values: What was the Easter Uprising?
• A mini-revolution staged by Irish republicans during Easter Week, 1916.
• They wanted to end British rule in Ireland.
• The revolutionaries led by Patrick Pearse and James Connolly seized key locations in Dublin and proclaimed the Irish Republic independent.
• The Rising was suppressed after seven days of fighting and its leaders were court-martialled and executed.
• The rebellion did bring republicanism back to the forefront of Irish politics, a movement which was eventually successful in 1921.

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