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From: World of Hibernia
Date: 19990922
Author:Adam, Michelle; Mackin, Thomas E.

THE GREAT YEATS

Irish poet William Butler Yeats, whose poems of astounding lyric beauty earned him the Nobel Prize and a reputation as the greatest English-language poet of the century, was the subject of an exhibit entitled "Such Friends: The Work of W.B. Yeats" at the New York Public Library from June 26 through September 11. More than 250 books, manuscripts, drawings, and photographs were on display, focusing on his work as a poet, playwright, and editor, as well as his involvement in the social and political upheaval that resulted in the independence of the Irish Free ...

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