The Collected Letters of Flann O'brien

Zusatztext "O'Brien is always worth investigation by the converted, the curious, and the endemically lighthearted." Informationen zum Autor Flann O’Brien was one of several pseudonyms of Brian O’Nolan (1911-1966), who is considered along with James Joyce and Samuel Beckett to be one of the greatest Irish writers of the twentieth century. His novels include At Swim-Two-Birds , The Poor Mouth , The Third Policeman , The Hard Life , and The Dalkey Archive . Maebh Long is a Senior Lecturer in the English Programme at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. She has published widely on Brian O’Nolan/Flann O’Brien, and is the author of Assembling Flann O’Brien (London: Bloomsbury, 2014), an award-winning monograph of theoretical engagements with O'Nolan's works. Klappentext An unprecedented gathering of the correspondence of one of the great writers of twentieth century, the Collected Letters of Flann O'Brien presents an intimate look into the life and thought of Brian O'Nolan, a prolific author of novels, stories, sketches, and journalism who famously wrote and presented works to the reading public under a variety of pseudonyms. Spanning the years 1934 to 1966, these compulsively readable letters show us O'Nolan, or O'Brien, or Myles Na gCopaleen-or whatever his name may be-at his most cantankerous and most intimate. Zusammenfassung An unprecedented gathering of the correspondence of one of the great writers of the twentieth century spanning the years 1934 to 1966, these compulsively readable letters show us O’Brien at his most cantankerous and intimate.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Flann O'Brien, Flann/ Long O'Brien
• Con la collaborazione di: Maebh Long (Editore)
• Editore: Dalkey Archive Press
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 30.04.2018
• Categoria: Libri scolastici > Didattica > Formazione professionale; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata
• EAN: 9781628971835
• ISBN: 978-1-62897-183-5
• Numero di pagine: 672
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 15.5 x 23 x 3.5 cm
• Serie: Irish Literature; Irish Literature
• Categorie: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General; LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Letters; Literature - Classics / Criticism