A Canadian by birth, Ann Saddlemyer has published extensively on Irish and Canadian theatre and edited the plays of J.M.Synge, Lady Gregory and the letters between the founding Directors of the Abbey theatre. Her most recent publication is the authorized biography of Mrs W B Yeats. She has taught at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, New York University (where she held the Berg chair), and the University of Toronto where she has been Director of the Graduate Centre for Study of Drama and the Master of Massey College.

There is no doubt that The Letters is another achievement in the history of Yeatsian studies. This fastidiously noted work is able to cast a light on the nature of the feelings that bound W.B. Yeats to his wife.

• PREFACE ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ; NOTE ON EDITORIAL PRINCIPLES ; MANUSCRIPT SOURCES ; ABBREVIATIONS AND SHORT FORMS ; GENERAL INTRODUCTION ; The Letters ; PART ONE ; 1913-1917 ; PART TWO ; Family Matters 1918-21 ; PART THREE ; A Home in Ireland 1922-24 ; PART FOUR ; Cuala and Theatre Business 1925-27 ; PART FIVE ; Changes 1928-33 ; PART SIX ; Adjustments 1934-36 ; PART SEVEN ; Endings 1937-39 ; POST SCRIPT ; INDEX OF NAMES ; GENERAL INDEX

A Canadian by birth, Ann Saddlemyer has published extensively on Irish and Canadian theatre and edited the plays of J.M.Synge, Lady Gregory and the letters between the founding Directors of the Abbey theatre. Her most recent publication is the authorized biography of Mrs W B Yeats. She has taught at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, New York University (where she held the Berg chair), and the University of Toronto where she has been Director of the Graduate Centre for Study of Drama and the Master of Massey College.

There is no doubt that The Letters is another achievement in the history of Yeatsian studies. This fastidiously noted work is able to cast a light on the nature of the feelings that bound W.B. Yeats to his wife.

• PREFACE ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ; NOTE ON EDITORIAL PRINCIPLES ; MANUSCRIPT SOURCES ; ABBREVIATIONS AND SHORT FORMS ; GENERAL INTRODUCTION ; The Letters ; PART ONE ; 1913-1917 ; PART TWO ; Family Matters 1918-21 ; PART THREE ; A Home in Ireland 1922-24 ; PART FOUR ; Cuala and Theatre Business 1925-27 ; PART FIVE ; Changes 1928-33 ; PART SIX ; Adjustments 1934-36 ; PART SEVEN ; Endings 1937-39 ; POST SCRIPT ; INDEX OF NAMES ; GENERAL INDEX

A Canadian by birth, Ann Saddlemyer has published extensively on Irish and Canadian theatre and edited the plays of J.M.Synge, Lady Gregory and the letters between the founding Directors of the Abbey theatre. Her most recent publication is the authorized biography of Mrs W B Yeats. She has taught at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, New York University (where she held the Berg chair), and the University of Toronto where she has been Director of the Graduate Centre for Study of Drama and the Master of Massey College.

There is no doubt that The Letters is another achievement in the history of Yeatsian studies. This fastidiously noted work is able to cast a light on the nature of the feelings that bound W.B. Yeats to his wife.

• PREFACE ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ; NOTE ON EDITORIAL PRINCIPLES ; MANUSCRIPT SOURCES ; ABBREVIATIONS AND SHORT FORMS ; GENERAL INTRODUCTION ; The Letters ; PART ONE ; 1913-1917 ; PART TWO ; Family Matters 1918-21 ; PART THREE ; A Home in Ireland 1922-24 ; PART FOUR ; Cuala and Theatre Business 1925-27 ; PART FIVE ; Changes 1928-33 ; PART SIX ; Adjustments 1934-36 ; PART SEVEN ; Endings 1937-39 ; POST SCRIPT ; INDEX OF NAMES ; GENERAL INDEX