Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Yeats in Love by Annie West



Yeats in Love 
by Annie West


‘As for Willie Yeats I love him dearly as a friend but I could not for one minute imagine marrying him.’

Maud Gonne


        Yeats in Love is an illustrated, semi-fictional account of WB Yeats' obsessive yet ultimately fruitless pursuit of Maud Gonne, illustrated in detail on every painful page by award-winning Illustrator Annie West.
        To celebrate WB Yeats' 150th Birthday in 2015, Annie has gathered together remarks from those who bore witness to this unfolding story- Douglas Hyde, Katherine Tynan, Lily and Lolly Yeats and others- and mixed them together with some of Yeats' most enduring love poems in this richly illustrated, handsomely bound Collector's edition from New Island Publishers in Dublin.
        With an introduction by Theo Dorgan, and designed by Amy West, Yeats in Love promises to be the Book to delight and amuse lovers of literature, illustration and unrequited love for many years to come.

‘Annie West is a remarkable and individual artist with a sense of fun who combines skill in draftsmanship and colouring with a sly insight into literature.’

Senator David Norris


Yeats in Love is published by New Island Books, Dublin  €34.99
Special limited edition (200 only) cased, signed and numbered  €80.00
Pub. 14 November 2014 | 978-1-84840-392-5



Yeats in Love will be launched at the 2014 Dublin Book Festival on Friday November 14th at 6pm in Smock Alley Theatre, 
with guest speaker Cathal MacCoille.












And in Sligo on Friday November 21st at 6pm in the Yeats Memorial Building 
with guest speaker David McCullagh













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