The Irish Short Story from George Moore to Frank O'Connor

The Irish Short Story from George Moore to Frank O'Connor

Hardback (29 Dec 1981)

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Publisher's Synopsis

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.

Book information

ISBN: 9780819121332
Publisher: UPA
Imprint: University Press of America
Pub date:
DEWEY: 823.01099417
DEWEY edition: 19
Language: English
Number of pages: 328
Weight: 540g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 25mm