Richard J. Finneran sa dlhé roky venoval zbierke diel W. B. Yeatsa ako hlavný redaktor. Jeho redakčná práca, ktorá zahŕňala sériu básní v Cornell Yeats a ročenku Yeats: An Annual of Critical and Textual Studies, odhalila hlboké porozumenie textu a jeho vývinu. Finneranovo zameranie na kritické a textové štúdie Yeonsovho diela prispelo k širšiemu pochopeniu írskeho básnictva.
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.