Five Irish Writers
Author | : John Hildebidle |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 1989 |
ISBN-10 | : 067430487X |
ISBN-13 | : 9780674304871 |
Rating | : 4/5 (7X Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Five Irish Writers by : John Hildebidle
Download or read book Five Irish Writers written by John Hildebidle and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Liam O'Flaherty, Kate O'Brien, Elizabeth Bowen, Sean O'Faolain, and Frank O'Connor--as Hildebidle demonstrates, all five authors saw in the Ireland that grew out of the events of 1916-1923 a nation that stifled the creative energies and bright hopes of its youth, and their fiction can be seen as responding in diverse ways to that reality.