Close Readings: On W.B. Yeats

Seamus Perry and Mark Ford continue their Close Readings series with a look at the life and work of W.B. Yeats, from his early quest for a mythological Irish culture, to his shift towards the Modernist experiment, and preoccupation with the ‘murderousness of the world’.Find further reading on the episode page: https://lrb.me/yeatspodSubscribe to the LRB from just £1 per issue: https://mylrb.co.uk/podcast20bMusic by Kieran Brunt / Produced by Sam Kinchin-Smith and Anthony Wilks Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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