Essays and Introductions Author:William Butler Yeats "Essays and Introductions" makes available for the first time in America an inexpensive collection of the poet-playwright's literary criticism. It contains over 40 essays on subjects ranging from Shelley, Blake, Spenser and Synge to summary statements on Shakespeare's history plays, symbolism in poetry and painting, Noh drama, poetry and traditi... more »on, art and ideas. Essays include "Modern Poetry," which includes Yeat's assessments of T.S. Eliot, Edith Sitwell, W.H. Auden, and many others; "A General Introduction for My Work" and "An Introduction for my Plays," which embody Yeats' philosophy of poetry and drama.« less