Dear Sir,” it began, “Mr. Yeats has been speaking to me of your writing.
The Letter That Paved the Way for ‘Ulysses'|Ted Gioia|December 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
From that perspective, the story is satirical not about Yeats so much as it is about Yeats-olatry.
Robert Pinsky: The Comedy of Seamus Heaney|Robert Pinsky|October 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The eminence was asked, the next morning, “Well, you've met the young Yeats— what did you think of him?”
Robert Pinsky: The Comedy of Seamus Heaney|Robert Pinsky|October 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
And as far as the center goes—with apologies to Yeats, it is holding remarkably well.
Prism and the NSA: Something Congress Can Agree On|Lloyd Green|June 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST
“The tsunami will probably be the main reason” for casualties, Yeats says.
Hurricane Sandy Will Be Dwarfed by an Earthquake|Winston Ross|November 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST
He remembered that he had invented a bitter phrase about Yeats one night when he had seen the poet in a house in Dublin.
Changing Winds|St. John G. Ervine
This is but another phase of Mr. Yeats's belief that when a poem stirs us as by magic, it is a real magic has been at work.
Irish Plays and Playwrights|Cornelius Weygandt
Yeats has spoken of these poems as "revealing in all things a kind of scented flame consuming them from within."
Modern British Poetry|Various
Carl bought for her Yeats's poems, tucked it under his arm, and they trotted off.
The Trail of the Hawk|Sinclair Lewis
For a time Mr. Yeats thought of following his father's example and becoming a painter.
Old and New Masters|Robert Lynd
British Dictionary definitions for Yeats
Yeats
/ (jeɪts) /
noun
Jack Butler. 1871–1957, Irish painter
his brother W (illiam) B (utler). 1865–1939, Irish poet and dramatist. His collections of verse include Responsibilities (1914), The Tower (1928), and The Winding Stair (1929). Among his plays are The Countess Cathleen (1892) and Cathleen ni Houlihan (1902); he was a founder of the Irish National Theatre Company at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin. He was awarded the Nobel prize for literature in 1923