Richard J. Finneran a consacré de nombreuses années à The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats en tant que rédacteur en chef. Ses efforts éditoriaux, y compris la série de Poèmes dans le Cornell Yeats et le Yeats : An Annual of Critical and Textual Studies, ont démontré un profond engagement envers l'érudition textuelle et le patrimoine littéraire. L'approche méticuleuse de Finneran aux études critiques et textuelles a considérablement fait progresser la compréhension et l'appréciation des profondes contributions de Yeats à la poésie.
A collection of over one hundred poems, plays, autobiographical and critical writings, and prose fiction by Irish author William Butler Yeats, drawn from throughout his entire career, with textual notes and a chronology of Yeats's life.
W.B. Yeats' life spanned the end of the nineteeth and the beginning of the twentieth century, and his poetry reflects all the turmoil, fervour, traditions and revolutions of that period. From the quiet beauty of 'The Lake Isle of Innisfree' to the apocalyptic resonance of 'The Second Coming', this collection shows the impact of a great poet whose startling relevance to our own times grows more and more evident.