Prodigal Father: The Life of John Butler Yeats, 1839-1922

כריכה קדמית
Cornell University Press, 1978 - 680 עמודים
This is a reprint of a 1978 work on the life of John Butler Yeats. Murphy (ancient and modern literature, Union College) provides an account of what happened to this lovable, brilliant, and distressingly improvident man from day to day over the years. He draws upon letters, associations with Yeats' living descendants, relevant manuscripts, and other treasures to present a portrait that he states is not a final treatment or a complete biography, but is intended to provide material for others who wish to study some of the subjects touched upon more deeply. Contains several bandw photographs and drawings. c. Book News Inc.

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תוכן

Preface
9
Prologue
17
CHAPTER TWO 18631867
40
זכויות יוצרים

8 קטעים אחרים שאינם מוצגים

מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל

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מידע על המחבר (1978)

Biographer William M. Murphy was born in Astoria, Queens, New York. He received his bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees from Harvard University. During World War II, he served in the Navy and helped create a manual on the use of rockets in aircraft anti-submarine warfare. He taught English at Union College in Schenectady, New York from 1946 until retiring in 1983. He is best known for writing biographies of William Butler Yeats' family including Prodigal Father: The Life of John Butler Yeats (1978) and Family Secrets: William Butler Yeats and His Relatives (1995). He died on September 26, 2008 at the age of 92.

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