Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:The Countess CathleenISBN13:9781513270876ISBN10:1513270877Author:Yeats, William Butler (Author), Editions, Mint (Contribution by)Description:The Countess Cathleen (1892) Is A Verse Drama By W B Yeats Dedicated To Maud Gonne, An Actress And Revolutionary Whom Yeats Unsuccessfully Courted For Years, The Countess Cathleen Underwent Several Editions Before Being Performed In Its Final Version At Dublin's Abbey Theatre In 1911 Based On An Irish Legend, The Play, Set During A Period Of Intense Famine, Follows A Land-Owning Countess Who Decides To Sacrifice Her Wealth And Property In Order To Save The Starving Irish People As Dusk Gathers, A Family Prepares For Dinner In Their Rural Home The Fire Is Lit, And Shemus, The Father, Has Returned Home From A Day Of Hunting With Nothing To Show For It As They Scrounge What They Can To Make Themselves A Meal, The Countess Cathleen Arrives To Ask Them For Directions Touched By Their Suffering, The Countess Returns Home And Begins To Wonder What She Can Do To Alleviate Their Difficult Circumstances Impatient, Shemus Yells To The Darkening Woods To Welcome Whatever Being, Angel Or Devil, That Would Bring Them Money Or Something To Eat When Two Merchants Arrive Offering Him Gold For His Services, It Appears That The Countess, Despite Her Good Intentions, May Already Be Too Late The Countess Cathleen Is A Drama Written In Blank Verse That Explores Themes Of Poverty, Faith, And Irish Independence With A Beautifully Designed Cover And Professionally Typeset Manuscript, This Edition Of W B Yeats's The Countess Cathleen Is A Classic Of Irish Literature Reimagined For Modern Readers Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Mint EditionsPublication Date:2021-02-01Weight:0.13 lbsDimensions:Number of Pages:50Language:English
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Book Title: Countess Cathleen
Item Length: 8in.
Item Width: 5in.
Author: William Butler Yeats
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Publisher: West Margin Press
Publication Year: 2021
Genre: Drama
Number of Pages: 50 Pages
