TY - BOOK AU - Diggory,Terence TI - Yeats and American Poetry: The Tradition of the Self T2 - Princeton Legacy Library SN - 9780691613604 AV - PS324 .D53 1983eb U1 - 811/.52/09 22 PY - 2014///] CY - Princeton, NJ : PB - Princeton University Press, KW - American poetry KW - Irish influences KW - 20th century KW - History and criticism KW - Poetry KW - Psychological aspects KW - Self in literature KW - POETRY / American / General KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --; PERMISSIONS --; NOTE ON CITATIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS --; I. INTRODUCTION : "THE TRADITION OF MYSELF" --; II. AN AMERICAN TRADITION: EMERSON, POE, THOREAU, AND WHITMAN --; III. A LIVE TRADITION: EZRA POUND --; IV. NATURAL SPEECH: THE NINETEEN-TENS --; V. ARTIFICIAL LIVES: THE NINETEEN-TWENTIES --; VI. PUBLIC SPEECH: THE NINETEEN-THIRTIES --; VII. PRIVATE LIVES: THE NINETEEN-FORTIES --; VIII. CONCLUSION: THE END OF TRADITION --; NOTES --; INDEX --; Backmatter; restricted access; Issued also in print N2 - This work is designed to show a double influence: first, that of American poets, especially Whitman, on W. B. Yeats, and, second, of Yeats on a wide range of American poets who began their careers during the first decades of the century.Originally published in 1983.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905 UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400853809 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400853809 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781400853809.jpg ER -