Flann O'Brien and the European Avant-Garde, 1934-45 - Dublin's Dadaist

Crossing the boundaries of a single-author study, this book uncovers Flann O''Brien''s attempt to forge a commercially successful Irish literary project from international avant-garde influences. Situating O''Brien''s early work within a global context, the book uses new evidence of his collaborations to reimagine him as a networked writer. O''Brien drew upon experimental techniques to generate new categories of writing, rethink Irish culture and reach a wide audience. This study illuminates a network of cultural production around O''Brien, linking his work to English comic magazines, Dadaist photomontage, Expressionism, Central European theatre, and renowned writers like Jorge Luis Borges and Franz Kafka.By re-examining Flann O''Brien within the context of the momentous global political and cultural crises that spurred avant-garde experimentation, the book also rewrites the cultural history of Ireland in the 1930s and 1940s.>

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• Authors: Tobias W Harris, Tobias William Harris
• Assisted by: James Little (Editor), Christina Morina (Editor), Cóilín Parsons (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.02.2025
• EAN: 9781350415874
• ISBN: 978-1-350-41587-4
• No. of pages: 248
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 238 mm x 12 mm
• Series: Global Perspectives in Irish Literary Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, c 1930 to c 1939, c 1940 to c 1949, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Literary studies: plays and playwrights