Literature Lecture: William Butler Yeats

W.B. Yeats Collection

W.B. Yeats Collection

A few hours ago an excellent lecture titled “The Life and Works of William Butler Yeats” was provided by the Frewin Society to participants of the IDCAS 2010 Conference.

It focused on the collection of nearly 2,000 items relating to him are stored in the National Library of Ireland. This is the largest collection of Yeats manuscripts in the world.

Among the collection are drafts of poems, plays, novels, speeches, lecture notes, tax returns, school reports and diaries.

For more information regarding this years conference please visit www.idcas.org/conference2010.