Letter from W. B. Yeats, Minchen's Cottage, Shillingford, Berkshire, [England], to Olivia Shakespear, 12 Brunswick Gardens, Kensington, London W. 8.,

1921 April 9.

With references to the ongoing civil war in Ireland. Mentions he's writing a series of poems ('Thoughts upon the Present State of the World' which was published in the 'Dial', September 1921, and included in 'Seven Poems and a Fragment', 1922, and under the title "Nineteen Hundred and Nineteen', in 'The Tower', 1928.)

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Main Creator: Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939
Contributors: Shakespear, Olivia
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Subjects:
Yeats, W. B. > (William Butler), > 1865-1939 > Correspondence
Hyde-Lees, Edith Ellen, > 1868-1941
Strong, Eugénie, > 1860-1943
Yeats, Anne, > 1919-2001
Yeats, Georgie, > -1968
Ireland > History > 1910-1921
Ireland > History > Civil War, 1922-1923
Notes:Autograph letter signed. Postmark on envelope dated 1921.

Wade, Allan. The Letters of W. B. Yeats (The Macmillian Company, New York), 1955, p. 667-668.

Physical description: 1 item (3 pages & envelope).

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Letter from W. B. Yeats, Minchen's Cottage, Shillingford, Berkshire, [England], to Olivia Shakespear, 12 Brunswick Gardens, Kensington, London W. 8.,

1921 April 9.
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Bibliographic Details
In Collection: Correspondence between W. B. Yeats and Olivia Shakespear, 1894-1936
Description:With references to the ongoing civil war in Ireland. Mentions he's writing a series of poems ('Thoughts upon the Present State of the World' which was published in the 'Dial', September 1921, and included in 'Seven Poems and a Fragment', 1922, and under the title "Nineteen Hundred and Nineteen', in 'The Tower', 1928.)
Main Creator: Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939
Language:English
Extent:1 item (3 pages & envelope).
Format:Manuscript
Call Number: MS 50,822/5/2 (Manuscripts Reading Room)
Rights:Reproduction rights owned by the National Library of Ireland.