William Butler Yeats Audio Books

William Butler Yeats (1865–1939) was an Irish poet and dramatist. Born and educated in Dublin, he studied poetry in his youth and, from an early age, was fascinated by Irish legend and the occult. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival. He is generally considered one of the twentieth century’s key English language poets. He was a Symbolist poet, in that he used allusive imagery and symbolic structures throughout his career. In 1923 he was awarded a Nobel Prize in Literature for what the Nobel Committee described as “inspired poetry, which in a highly artistic form gives expression to the spirit of a whole nation.” He was the first Irishman so honored. He is generally considered one of the few writers who completed their greatest works after being awarded the Nobel Prize; such works include The Tower (1928) and The Winding Stair and Other Poems (1929).

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Extended Sample Beyond Carcosa by Ambrose Bierce
Extended Sample The Poetry of Ireland by various authors
Extended Sample Poet’s Gold by various authors
Extended Sample W. B. Yeats by William Butler Yeats
Extended Sample W. B. Yeats by William Butler Yeats
Extended Sample Voices of Poetry - Volume 2 by William Butler Yeats
Extended Sample W. B. Yeats: Poems by William Butler Yeats
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