Bogan, Louise, "William Butler Yeats," in Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 161, No. 5, May 1938, pp. 637-44.

This article, published not long before Yeats's death in early 1939, expresses appreciation of the aging poet and dramatist and includes an overview of his life and accomplishments.

Cahill, Thomas, How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe, Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 1995.

This book covers, in a relatively light manner, the early history of Ireland, including the legends and myths of many characters in whom Yeats was interested in his search for a unifying Irish literature.

Foster, R. F., W. B. Yeats,A Life, Vol. 1: The Apprentice Mage 1865-1914, Oxford University Press, 1997.

This is the first in a planned series of two biographical volumes on the life of Yeats. In this volume, R. F. Foster covers the writer's life...