Reading Brendan Behan / edited by John McCourt.
Reading Brendan Behan / edited by John McCourt.
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Publisher
Cork, Ireland : Cork University Press, 2019.
Call Numbers
G 2019/4945
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Language
English
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Physical content
x, 250 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction / John McCourt -- Brendan Behan's Borstal boy : the public persona and the delicate art of deceit / Derek Hand -- Lessons of detention / Maria DiBattista -- Bohemian Behan : late modernism,sexual politics and the "great awakening" of Brendan Behan / John Brannigan -- Brendan Behan : mod...
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Publisher
Cork, Ireland : Cork University Press, 2019.
Date Published
2019.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Samuel Beckett referred to Brendan Behan as "the new O'Casey" and yet, despite all his international success, despite his enduring popularity, and perhaps because of his fame (and indeed, notoriety), Behan remains a neglected figure in literary criticism today. This is why this new volume edited by leading Irish Studies expert, John McCourt, is so...
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Reading Brendan Behan / edited by John McCourt.
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General note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-241) and index.
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Date Copyright
©2019
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Call Numbers
G 2019/4945
Record Identifier
74VKV5GBEOmb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV5GBEOmb
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ISBN
1782053379 (hbk.)
9781782053378 (hbk.)
DDC
822.914
MMS ID
991024270318102626
