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"Too Much Yeats": Alice McDermott's Charming Billy and an Irish Poet's American Legacy.
- Source :
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Papers on Language & Literature . Spring2016, Vol. 52 Issue 2, p149-176. 28p. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- The article focuses on the poetry of Irish Poet W. B. Yeats in Alice McDermott's book "Charming Billy." Topics discussed include relation between Yeat's poetry and the character Billy's life, truth of Billy's life and charges of life lived in fancy, in alcohol and Yeats and embellished memory that has affected many Irish Americans.
- Subjects :
- *LITERARY criticism
*IMPRESSIONISM (Literature)
*POETRY (Literary form)
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00311294
- Volume :
- 52
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Papers on Language & Literature
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 116368223