This groundbreaking study, first published in 1995 and now substantially revised, reconfigures O'Brien as a highly subversive writer within a rich and fertile literary landscape: indisputably Irish ye
Although Dermot Healy (1947-2014) is probably best known as an award-winning novelist and poet, he was also a prolific playwright, screenwriter, and actor. Healy’s interest in drama was long-standing,
Dermot Healy wrote intricate and innovative short stories that, along with works by Neil Jordan and Desmond Hogan, relaunched the Irish short story tradition. Set in small-town Ireland and the equally
A welcome gift forevery Flann O’Brien fan, this collection at last assembles his shortfiction—including a final, incomplete novel, and other never-before-publishedpieces—into a single volume.
John Ford's The Quiet Man (1952) is the most popular cinematic representation of Ireland, and one of Hollywood's classic romantic comedies. For some viewers and critics the film is a powerful evocatio
* Lucid and accessible style makes the series appealing to the general reader* Liberally illustrated throughout with stills from the film under discussion.* Collaboration between Cork University Press
