Richard J. Finneran dedicó muchos años a The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats como su editor general. Sus esfuerzos editoriales, incluyendo la serie de Poemas en el Cornell Yeats y el Yeats: An Annual of Critical and Textual Studies, demostraron un profundo compromiso con el estudio textual y el patrimonio literario. El meticuloso enfoque de Finneran en los estudios críticos y textuales avanzó significativamente la comprensión y apreciación de las profundas contribuciones de Yeats a la poesía.
W.B. Yeats' life spanned the end of the nineteeth and the beginning of the twentieth century, and his poetry reflects all the turmoil, fervour, traditions and revolutions of that period. From the quiet beauty of 'The Lake Isle of Innisfree' to the apocalyptic resonance of 'The Second Coming', this collection shows the impact of a great poet whose startling relevance to our own times grows more and more evident.
A collection of over one hundred poems, plays, autobiographical and critical writings, and prose fiction by Irish author William Butler Yeats, drawn from throughout his entire career, with textual notes and a chronology of Yeats's life.