A Critical Study of Sean O'Faolain's Life and Work (Studies in Irish Literature)

Eva Marie Arndt

ISBN 10: 0773474102 / ISBN 13: 9780773474109

Published by Edwin Mellen Press, 2001

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Critical Study of Sean O'Faolain's Life and Work (Studies in Irish Literature)
• Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0773474102
• ISBN 13: 9780773474109
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Poor
• Dimensions: 15.88W x 22.86H x 2.54D centimeters 15.88 centimeters width by 22.86 centimeters height by 2.54 centimeters depth
• Weight: 635 grams

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Synopsis

Writer, lecturer, and Irish studies scholar Marie Arndt addresses a variety of issues relating to the importance and imaginative legacy of Irish writer Sean O'Faolain (born 1900). Themes addressed include O'Faolain as a product of the colonial periphery; post-independence backlash during the 1930s; the public debates of the 1940s; his search for an intellectual and liberal Catholic Ireland during the 1950s; and surrender to imagination of the past from the 1960s to the 1980s. Each theme is discussed in depth, followed by a section focusing on his fiction of the period, with concluding remarks providing a summary of each chapter. Double-spaced text. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)