The Gonne-Yeats Letters, 1893-1938

Download or read book The Gonne-Yeats Letters, 1893-1938 written by Anna MacBride White and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 1994-12-01 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This correspondence, which began when Gonne was 22 and Yeats was 23 and ended with his death, includes 373 of her letters but only 30 of his, since most of his were destroyed in the Irish Civil War. They are edited with complete notes identifying people and incidents likely to be unfamiliar to current readers. The introduction and connecting material provide biographical information and explain the circumstances in which the letters were written.