The Love Story Of W.B. Yeats & Maud Gonne

Download or read book The Love Story Of W.B. Yeats & Maud Gonne written by Margery Brady and published by Mercier Press Ltd. This book was released on 2018-06-08 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, this romantic tale unfolds against a background of political unrest and tenant agitation in Ireland. The poet William Butler Yeats is a central figure in the Irish literary revival, while Maud Gonne, a political activist, is passionately involved in the struggle for Irish independence. But this is not a dissertation about Yeats' work, nor is it about the history of the day or the political involvements of Maud Gonne. It is a love story, containing some of the most poignant poems ever written.