Project Gutenberg 2004-11-01 Public domain in the USA. 60 Yeats, W. B. (William Butler) 1865 1939 Yeats, William Butler Four Years Reading ease score: 56.4 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Produced by David Starner, Joshua Hutchinson, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. HTML version by Al Haines. "Four Years" by W. B. Yeats is an autobiographical account written in the late 19th century. The narrative focuses on the formative years of Yeats's life, particularly from 1887 to 1891, capturing his experiences and interactions with notable figures in art and literature during a period of personal and artistic development. The opening of "Four Years" introduces readers to the young Yeats as he reflects on his family's move from Dublin to Bedford Park, a quiet area in London, where he becomes immersed in the artistic atmosphere influenced by the Pre-Raphaelite movement. He recalls the contrasting feelings of nostalgia for his childhood, artistic aspirations, and a sense of disillusionment with the changes in society and art. The early chapters explore his relationships with various artists and intellectuals, including W. E. Henley and Oscar Wilde, providing insight into Yeats's evolving identity as a poet and thinker amidst the vibrant yet tumultuous cultural landscape of the time. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Poets, Irish -- 20th century -- Biography Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939 PR Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Language & Communication Browsing: Literature 150230 150231 2024-10-03T11:08:03.312261 2023-10-03T09:50:24.284437 text/html text/html 147006 2014-03-12T19:46:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 57948 2014-03-12T19:47:40 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 122326 2024-10-03T11:08:08.279237 application/epub+zip 122983 2024-10-03T11:08:05.278243 application/epub+zip 122983 2024-10-03T11:08:03.996241 application/epub+zip 201750 2024-10-03T11:08:10.586220 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 193528 2024-10-03T11:08:07.525233 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 166928 2022-09-03T13:53:53.265647 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 142102 141983 2024-10-03T11:08:02.996268 2023-10-03T09:50:24.000436 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 141938 2014-03-12T19:46:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 56930 2014-03-12T19:47:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19640 2024-10-03T11:08:10.709205 application/rdf+xml 9447 2024-10-03T11:08:04.550276 image/jpeg 2738 2024-10-03T11:08:04.272246 image/jpeg 119287 2024-10-03T11:08:03.327255 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia