| Flann O Brien: Contesting Legacies Contributor(s): Borg, Ruben (Editor), Fagan, Paul (Editor), Huber, Werner (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1782050760 ISBN-13: 9781782050766 Publisher: Cork University Press OUR PRICE: $42.75 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 823.912 |
| LCCN: 2014501398 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.5" W x 9.5" (1.30 lbs) 296 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Employing a wide range of critical perspectives and new comparative contexts, Flann O Brien: Contesting Legacies breaks new ground in Brian O Nolan scholarship (he wrote his novels under the name of Flann O Brien) by testing a number of popular commonplaces about this Irish (post-) Modernist author. Challenging the narrative that Flann O Brien wrote two good novels and then retired to the inferior medium of journalism (as Myles na gCopaleen), the collection engages with overlooked shorter, theatrical, and non-fiction works and columns ( John Duffy s Brother, The Martyr s Crown, Two in One ) alongside At Swim-Two-Birds, The Third Policeman, and An Beal Bocht. The depth and consistency of O Nolan s comic inspiration that emerges from this scholarly engagement with his broader body of work underlines both the imperative and opportunity of reassessing O Brien s literary legacy. Challenging the critical standard of O Brien as a provincial writer, these essays reveal his writing as a space that uniquely complicates the old lines between stay-at-home conservatism and international experimentalism. Renegotiating O Brien s place in the European Avant-Garde alongside tensions closer to home Republicanism, the Gaelic tradition, the Dublin literary scene the collection reveals as outdated prejudice the dismissal of his talent as a matter of localized interest. Finally, the contributors excavate O Nolan s oeuvre as fertile territory for a broad range of critical perspectives by confronting some of the more complex ideological positions tested in his writing. Employing perspectives from genetic criticism and cultural materialism to post-modernism and deconstruction, the essays gathered in this volume address with new critical rigor the author s gender politics, his language politics, his parodies of nationalism, his ideology of science, and his treatment of the theme of justice." |
Contributor Bio(s): Borg, Ruben: - Ruben Borg is a co-founder of the International Flann O'Brien Society.Fagan, Paul: - Paul Fagan is a co-founder of the International Flann O'Brien Society.Huber, Werner: - Werner Huber was the host organizer of the 2011 Flann O'Brien Centenary Conference at the Vienna Centre for Irish Studies; the largest conference ever held on the author. |