Frank O'Connor New Critical Essays |
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| Editor:
| Lennon, Hilary |
| Contribution by:
| Allen, Nicholas
Brown, Terence
Delaney, Paul
Edwards, Philip
Evans, Richard
Harmon, Maurice
Kennelly, Brendan
Kenny, John |
| ISBN: | 978-1-84682-012-0 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2007 |
| Publisher: | Four Courts Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $74.50 |
Book Description:
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This book investigates unexplored areas of Frank O'Connor's work; his achievements as a translator of Irish language poetry, his role in the debates on Irish literary modernism, his reception in America, his relationship with writers and intellectuals of the time, his autobiographical writings, his fictional representations of the Irish Civil War, and Denis Johnston's film adaptation of Guests of the Nation, are examined. The book also includes an original essay by Harriet O'Donovan...
More DescriptionThis book investigates unexplored areas of Frank O'Connor's work; his achievements as a translator of Irish language poetry, his role in the debates on Irish literary modernism, his reception in America, his relationship with writers and intellectuals of the time, his autobiographical writings, his fictional representations of the Irish Civil War, and Denis Johnston's film adaptation of Guests of the Nation, are examined. The book also includes an original essay by Harriet O'Donovan Sheehy on life with the man and the writer. Contributors: Nicholas Allen (UNC), Terence Brown (TCD), Paul Delaney (TCD), Philip Edwards (U. Liverpool), Richard Evans (Auburn U., Montgomery), Maurice Harmon (UCD), Brendan Kennelly (TCD), John Kenny (NUIG), Declan Kiberd (UCD), Hilary Lennon (TCD), Emilie Pine (U. York), Ruth Sherry (Norwegian U. Trondheim), Michael Steinman (Nassau Community College, New York), Carol Taaffe (TCD), Alan Titley (St Pat's, DCU).