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The Irish short story from George Moore to Frank O'Connor / Deborah M. Averill.
- Title
- The Irish short story from George Moore to Frank O'Connor / Deborah M. Averill.
- Author
- Averill, Deborah M.
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : University Press of America, c1982.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | PR8807.S5 A9 1982 | Off-site |
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- Description
- x, 328 p.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- An historical and critical introduction to the Irish short story from George Moore, the founder of the genre, to Frank O'Connor, its most recent practitioner. The book is divided into two parts: Part I, an historical and critical introduction, and chapters on the four writers) Moore, James Joyce, Seumas O'Kelly, and Daniel Corkery) who contributed most of the emerging short story tradition, and Part II, which includes a brief introduction on the major writers of the post-Revolutionary period) Liam O'Flaherty, Sean O'Faolain and Frank O'Connor.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 311-320.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Part I: The Irish short story tradition -- Introduction -- George Moore -- James Joyce -- Seumas O'Kelly -- Daniel Corkery -- Part II: Masters of the Irish short story -- Introduction -- Liam O'Flaherty -- Sean O'Faolain -- Frank O'Connor.
- ISBN
- 0819121339 :
- 0819121347 (pbk.) :
- LCCN
- ^^^81040188^
- OCLC
- 7998203
- SCSB-12310799
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library