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WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS
William Butler Yeats Links
“But I, being poor, have only my dreams. I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly, because you tread on my dreams.”
William Butler Yeats

Bartleby.com Yeats Site
Contains biography and links (see below for other Bartleby links).

Bartleby's Online Books -- Responsibilities and Other Poems
Collection of various poems by Yeats online.

Bartleby's Online Books -- The Wild Swans at Coole
Collection of various poems by Yeats online.

Bartleby's Online Books -- The Wind Among the Reeds
Collection of various poems by Yeats online.

Beyond Ben Bulben
This is the web site of the Australian Yeats Society Beyond Ben Bulben in the State of Victoria, Australia.  This site contains information on writing contests, summer schools in Ireland and various links.  The Society consists of a group with a shared interest in Irish and Anglo-Irish literature and poetry, especially that of William Butler Yeats (1865-1939). The site states that the title “Beyond Ben Bulben” evokes the distance - both in time and space - from Sligo and the magical Yeats Country, in the heart of which is the resting place of W. B. Yeats and his wife Georgie in Drumcliffe Churchyard.  At the foot of Ben Bulben, the mountain that dominates Sligo town from the North and faces that other dominant magical cairn topped mountain, Knocknarea.

Boston College: John M. Burns Library Manuscript Collections --W.B. Yeats
This site contains a catalog of manuscripts of W.B. Yeats (500+),  writings on Yeats, and documents on Yeats and his wife, Georgie.  Manuscripts include a diary/poetical notebook dated 1905-1923, an 1893 book of poems, a manuscript draft of autobiographies, a notebook with drafts of supernatural songs and other poems, five notebooks with drafts of “Love and Death,” a draft of “Memories,” and a notebook with “Wanderings of Oisin.” Correspondence includes letters from Yeats to his father, John Butler Yeats, his sisters, Elizabeth Corbet (Lolly) Yeats and Susan Mary (Lily) Yeats, and Margot Ruddock. There is also correspondence between Ruddock and Shri Purohit Swami, as well as photographs and drawings of W. B. Yeats.

Collected Poems

In Memory of Major Robert Gregory
 “In Memory Of Major Robert Gregory,” which was read at John F. Kennedy’s memorial.

Emory University Irish Literature Collection
The Emory University library's Irish collections includes original manuscripts, letters and photographs that make up the W.B. Yeats Collection. There are letters from Yeats to his longtime friend and compatriot Lady Gregory, a lengthy correspondence related to the publication of his 1925 philosophical work A Vision, and manuscript drafts of poems and plays. These holdings are complemented by Lady Gregory's own literary papers, including diaries, manuscripts, and a sizable number of books from her own library (including a number of presentation copies from Yeats with corrections in his hand). Smaller research collections related to Yeats and his circle include the Maud Gonne Collection, the Abbey Theatre Collection, the T. Sturge Moore Collection, and the Lennox Robinson Collection.

Internet Broadway Database: Yeats
L
ist of Broadway productions of Yeats’ plays.  Contains links to each play, with information on theatre, actors and production credits.  

Irish Writers Online – Yeats
Brief biographies of Irish writers with information on their own works.

Michael Hishikawa's Yeats Page
This site contains a bibliography and a link to 300 online poems by Yeats.

Nobel Internet Archives -- Yeats
Internet archive of Yeats’ 1923 Nobel Laureate in Literature, including links to writings and other Yeats sites.

Princess Grace Library -- Yeats Biography
Online biography of W.B. Yeats contained in the Princess Grace Irish Library ( Monaco ) Electronic Irish Records Dataset.  This web site is under construction and a pass word is needed for this author.

Project Gutenberg -- Yeats
Online copies of The Countess Cathleen, Four Years, and The Land Of Heart's Desire.

The Bounty of Sweden: Exhibit at University of Delaware
Link to The Bounty of Sweden: A Meditation, and a Lecture Delivered Before the Royal Swedish Academy and Certain Notes. Dublin, Ireland : The Cuala Press, 1925. The Bounty of Sweden was Yeats’ tribute to Sweden for his award of the Nobel Prize. Printing of the work was completed on the last day of May 1925 in an edition of 400 copies. It was the first book issued from Cuala's new shop and workrooms at 133 Lower Baggot Street in Dublin , to which the press had moved after several years in the poet's house at 82 Merrion Square, Dublin.

The Irish Poetry Page:Yeats
This site contains links to various Yeats sites and is supported by the Department of Linguistic Data Processing, University of Cologne, Germany .

The Poetry Archives-Works By William Butler Yeats
Web site of the Poetry Archive.  Contains a large number of Yeats’ poems in electronic format. 

The Yeats Society of New York
This site contains numerous links to online texts, papers and other Yeats links.

The Yeats Theatre Co., Sligo
The Yeats Theatre Co. in Sligo is intended as a permanent vehicle for Yeats' plays in Sligo . The Company envisions that high quality productions of Yeats’ works will be staged in conjunction with the International Yeats Summer School and for Sligo and visiting audiences. The Company also strives to engender cross border links with the assistance of the Cultural Programme for Peace and Reconciliation.

Time and the Witch Vivien
Online version of writing by Yeats.

W.B. Yeats Correspondence in the Lennox Robinson Collection at Southern Illinois University
This site contains the catalog of a series of ninety-seven letters from William Butler Yeats to Lennox Robinson, covering the years 1913-1935. The letters are arranged chronologically where dating is possible and grouped into folders by place of origin. Two folders contain letters which could not be dated and six letters to people other than Robinson.

William Butler Yeats Biography
Biography and links discussing Yeats and the inspirations for his writings, including the Celtic visions of “The Wanderings of Oisin” (1889) and the intellectual, often obscure poetry of the 1930s. Central themes of his poetry involve Ireland , its bitter history, folklore, and contemporary public life. 

Yeats Encyclopedia -- Sam McCready
Provides information on A William Butler Yeats Encyclopedia, which contains biographies, historical information, guides and summaries of his writings.

Yeats International Summer School
Since the first students gathered in Sligo in 1960, the Yeats International Summer School has become one of the most prestigious in western Europe, annually attracting students from around the world. The school states that it strives to maintain an Irish ambience with an international flavour that is always personal and welcoming, informal and unpretentious. Many notable writers and university lecturers are former students of the School, as is the former President of Ireland, Mary Robinson. The Yeats family - Michael Yeats and his wife Gráinne are generous patrons of the School and visit yearly.

Yeats Manuscript Collection at the University of Indiana
Catalog of documents at the Yeats collection at the University of Indiana .

Yeats Microfilmed Manuscripts Collection at Stony Brook
This site contains information on the microfilmed files maintained by it on Yeats as well as a subscription based online catalog. Papers are arranged into three groups: (1) papers relating to Yeats; (2) papers relating to Yeats family members and relatives; and (3) papers relating to friends and associates of Yeats.  This site also contains information on his Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923.  Files include: photocopies of microfilmed manuscripts, correspondence, documents, printed materials, memorabilia, music, drawings, sketches, still pictures and portraits of William Butler Yeats, his family and his friends.

Yeats Society of New Home Page
Home page to this society, which boasts over 400 members.  Contains various links.

Yeats Society of Sligo Home Page
The Yeats Society Sligo Society is a non-profit society established in 1958.  The web site states that the Society seeks to serve the needs of those interested in Yeats and to promote the association of Sligo region with the poet’s work. The Yeats Society also contributes many cultural activities to the life of Sligo . The Society operates from the Yeats Memorial Building .  Contains information on the Yeats International Summer School, the Yeats Festival, and the Yeats Winter School.

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