Nicholas Grene puts a magnifying glass to certain elements in Yeats's poetry so effectively that, having applied yourself to his tidy book, you will never again read the poetry without feeling them rise up from the text, like flocking, more palpable than before.
Nicholas Grene is Emeritus Professor of English Literature at Trinity College, Dublin. He has published widely on Irish drama and on Shakespeare. His books include Bernard Shaw: A Critical View (1984), Shakespeare's Tragic Imagination (1992), The Politics of Irish Drama (1999), and Shakespeare's Serial History Plays (2002). He was the founding Director of the Synge Summer School (1991 to 2000) and is currently
Chair of the Irish Theatrical Diaspora research network. A Member of the Royal Irish Academy, he has held visiting professorships at the University of New South Wales and Dartmouth College, and has been an invited lecturer in over fifteen countries.
