Ella Young and Her World

Ella Young (1867-1956) the Irish poet, Celtic mythologist and author lived an Irish life of almost 60 years, and then went on to have a dramatically different life in California that lasted over 30 years until her death. Using family papers, letters and diaries, this research monograph discusses Young's relationship with W. B. Yeats, George Moore and J.M.Synge, as well as her California academic world and the influence she exerted on Robinson Jeffers, Alan Watts, Ansel Adams and Harry Partch.