Writers and Politics - Essays and Criticism

Arguably Conor Cruise O'Brien's most influential and admired book was this brilliant collection of essays - on history, literature and public affairs - first published in 1965. 'I can still remember the excitement with which I discovered a copy of Writers and Politics , in a provincial library in Devonshire thirty years ago. Nobody who tries to write about either of those subjects, or about "the bloody crossroads" where they have so often met, can disown a debt to the Cruiser.' Christopher Hitchens, London Review of Books 'When a liberal can write such pieces as "Mercy and Mercenaries", "Journal de Combat", "Varieties of Anti-Communism", "A New Yorker Critic", and "Generation of Saints", an important voice has returned to our culture.' Raymond Williams, Guardian

Product details

• Authors: Conor Cruise O'Brien
• Assisted by: Oliver Kamm (Introduction), Kamm Oliver (Introduction)
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2015
• EAN: 9780571324255
• ISBN: 978-0-571-32425-5
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 216 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Main work before 1945; Politics & government, Literary essays, history; literature; politics