William Butler Yeats :: Biography

William Butler Yeats was innate(p) in Dublin, Ireland, on June 13, 1865. He was the eldest son of a painter. In 1867 his family moved to London, but he frequently visited his grandparents in Northern Ireland. in that location he was greatly influenced by the folklore of the region. In 1881 his family returned to Dublin. Their Yeats analyse at the metropolitan School of Art. During school he became more focused on literature. Yeats do his debut in 1885, with the publication of his first poems in The Dublin University Review. In 1887, his family returned to Bedford Park in London, and Yeats devoted himself to writing. In 1889 he met Maud Gonne, an actress and Irish revolutionary. He soon fell in love with her and she became a major marge in his writing. She later on married Major John MacBride and inspired Yeatss poem No Second TroyYeatss early work did not reflect his Irish hereditary pattern but soon he turned towards his Irish culture for inspiration. Yeats studied many Irish folktales and in 1888 published a book of tales entitle Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry. He also published a less detailed version for children titled Irish Fairy Tales in 1892. In 1897, Yeatss met Lady Gregory, an aristocrat and playwright, who shared the same interest in Irelands past. In 1899 they formed the Irish Literary Theater. Yeats worked as a director and writer for the theater. Some of his most famous dramas were CATHLEEN NI HOULIHAN and THE LAND OF HEARTS DESIRE. Yeats later proposed to Lady Gregory, but she refused his offer. Again in the same year he proposed to her daughter but she also declined. Lady Gregorys passion for a loosen Ireland kindled Yeatss interest in the political struggles of Ireland. In 1917, Yeats bought an old match tower near Coole Park. After he restored the tower it became his summer post and a symbol in his writing. Also in 1917,Yeats married Georgie Hyde-Lee. posterior they had a son and a daughter together, Anne and Michael. During their honeymoon they compiled their notebooks and formed the buttocks of A VISION.