Easter, 1916 Resources

Websites

Official Page for the Yeats Society

If you're a big Yeats fan, these are the people you want to make friends with.

Yeats's Vision

In case you didn't know, Yeats had some pretty wacky ideas about how the universe worked. This site is dedicated to explaining just what those ideas were.

Video

The Cloths of Heaven

If you get bored of the harp music, scroll ahead to 1:09 in the video to hear the poem being read by Anthony Hopkins.

Cyril Cusack Reading Yeats

You might not know who this guy is, but he sure knows how to read him some Yeats.

Video Reading for "Easter, 1916"

Since it's the poem we've been studying, why not check out a video reading of it?

Audio

Yeats' Poem "The Lake Isle of Innisfree"

This is one of Yeats' most famous poems, so you best respect. Plus his voice is just plain awesome.

"When You Are Old"

Another great poem by Yeats. Because you know, we're all gonna' get old some day.

Radio Documentary on Yeats and Politics

As you can tell from "Easter, 1916," Yeats had his own take on political stuff. If you want to know more about it, check out this great radio documentary.

Images

Younger Yeats

Here's a picture of Yeats in his younger years. How about them glasses? And that carefully disheveled hair?

Older Yeats

Here's a pic of an older Yeats, who more or less looks the same as he did when he was young.

Easter?

Here's a shot of the aftermath of the Easter Uprising. Not exactly your typical family holiday.

Articles and Interviews

"Near Perfect Poems, Imperfect Poet"

Check out what the New York Times thinks of Yeats – not only as a poet, but as a person

"Yeats at the End: Still Writing"

Here's a nice tribute to the way that Yeats could never really bring himself to stop writing, even as he got really old and frail.

"Poet, Businessman, Mystic, Senator, Irishman"

Check out this article for an interesting look at the many different roles Yeats took on during his lifetime.

Books

W.B. Yeats: A New Biography

You know, 'cause the old one is too old now.

W.B. Yeats: Images of a Poet

After all, what are we except the images that we present to the people around us?

W.B. Yeats: The Last Romantic

This title totally begs the question, "Who was the first romantic?"