Love of the world: essays
This volume brings together all of McGahern's surviving essays, reviews and speeches. In them his canon of great writers - Tolstoy, Chekhov, James, Proust and Joyce - is cited many times, with deep and subtle appreciation.
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| Zusammenfassung: | This volume brings together all of McGahern's surviving essays, reviews and speeches. In them his canon of great writers - Tolstoy, Chekhov, James, Proust and Joyce - is cited many times, with deep and subtle appreciation. |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | XLVII, 448 S. 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780571245116 |
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| adam_text | LOVE OF THE WORLD ASSAYS JOHN MCGAHERN EDITED BY STANLEY VAN DER ZIEL
INTRODUCTION BY DECLAN KIBERD FI FABER AND FABER CONTENTS INTRODUCTION
DECLAN KIBERD XI EDITOR S PREFACE STANLEY VAN DER ZIEL XXV EDITOR S NOTE
AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS XLVII I WRITING AND THE WORLD FIVE DRAFTS 3 THE
IMAGE: PROLOGUE TO A READING AT THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY [1968] 5 THE
IMAGE [1991] 7 PLAYING WITH WORDS 9 THE LOCAL AND THE UNIVERSAL 11
HISTORY (ON MEETING J. C. BECKETT) 12 MADNESS/CREATIVITY 13 II PLACES
AND PEOPLE TIME REGAINED: PHOTOGRAPHS OF COUNTY LEITRIM 17 COUNTY
LEITRIM: THE SKY ABOVE US 19 GALWAY, WESTERN IRELAND S LILTING HEART 27
WHAT ARE YOU, SIR? TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN 35 BLAKE S OF THE HOLLOW 41
DREAMING AT JULIEN S 45 MOROCCO, THE BITTER AND THE SWEET 52 AN IRISHMAN
IN NEWCASTLE 60 THE BIRD SWIFT 65 CONTENTS A POET WHO WORKED IN PROSE:
MEMORIES OF MICHAEL MCLAVERTY 75 DICK WALSH REMEMBERED 79 III
AUTOBIOGRAPHY, SOCIETY, HISTORY THE SOLITARY READER 87 CENSORSHIP 96 WHY
THE BOOKER IS SUCH A HARD BET 99 SCHOOLDAYS: A TIME OF GRACE 103 MY
EDUCATION 109 M BHEIDH SIBH AR AIS: ST PATRICK S COLLEGE DRUMCONDRA 115
IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD 117 IT S A LONG WAY FROM MOHILL TO HERE .
. . 120 SHAME IN A POLLING BOOTH 122 FROM A GLORIOUS DREAM TO WINK AND
NOD 125 WHATEVER YOU SAY, SAY NOTHING 128 THE CHURCH AND ITS SPIRE 133
GOD AND ME 149 THE CHRISTMAS ROSE 152 IN THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS 158
LIFE AS IT IS AND LIFE AS IT OUGHT TO BE 160 RURAL IRELAND S PASSING 166
TERRIBLE TALES FROM THE MART 172 IV LITERATURE A LITERATURE WITHOUT
QUALITIES 181 MR JOYCE AND MR YEATS 185 BRIAN WESTBY 188 DUBLINERS 200
THE STORIES OF ALISTAIR MACLEOD 208 KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORLD: JOHN
WILLIAMS S AUGUSTUS 213 A MATTER OF LOVE: JOHN WILLIAMS S STONER 219 THE
LETTERS OF JOHN BUTLER YEATS 225 IN PURSUIT OF A SINGLE FLAME: ERNIE
O MALLEY 248 WHAT IS MY LANGUAGE? 260 VI CONTENTS V PREFACES AND
INTRODUCTIONS PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION OF THE LEAVETAKING 277
PREFACE TO CREATURES OF THE EARTH: NEW AND SELECTED STORIES 27 9
INTRODUCTION TO THE POWER OF DARKNESS [1991] 281 INTRODUCTION TO THE
POWER OF DARKNESS [2005] 283 VI REVIEWS FACT AND FACTOTUM (O NEILL: SON
AND PLAYWRIGHT, BY LOUIS SHEAFFER) 287 EVERYBODIES {BEING GENIUSES
TOGETHER, BY ROBERT MCALMON AND KAY BOYLE) 290 AUTHORS DOMAINS (BETWEEN
LIFE AND DEATH, BY NATHALIE SARRAUTE) 294 AN ISLAND RACE (ACHILL, BY
KENNETH MCNALLY) 296 MEMORIES OF NEWCASTLE (KIDDAR S LUCK AND THE
AMPERSAND, BY JACK COMMON) 298 A BANK OF NON-SEQUITURS (TOM CORKERY S
DUBLIN, BY TOM CORKERY) 302 LOCAL HERO (DEPORTED: THE STORY OF JIMMY
GRALTON, EFFERNAGH, GOWEL, CO. LEITRIM 1886-1945, BY DES GUCKIAN) 305
NEW VICTORY FOR GILCHRIST (VICTORY OVER JAPAN, BY ELLEN GILCHRIST) 308 A
SOLID GOLD NOVEL (THE GOLDEN GATE, BY VIKRAM SETH) 311 WHO S A CLEVER
CHAP? (END PAPERS, BY BREYTEN BREYTENBACH) 314 SICILY - A LAND OF
EXTREMES (THE WINE DARK SEA AND SICILIAN UNCLES, B Y LEONARDO SCIASCIA)
316 A PLAIN TALE FROM A DESERT ISLAND (FOE, BY J. M. COETZEE) 319
SIMENON - FAR FROM MAIGRET (THE OUTLAW, BY GEORGES SIMENON) 321 FROM
CRITIC S CHOICE (THE GREEKS AND THE IRRATIONAL, BY E. R. DODDS) 323
THE HERO WE DIDN T KNOW (THE REAL LIFE OF ALEJANDRO MAYTA, BY MARIO
VARGAS LLOSA) 324 A FAMILY AT WAR? (MONKEYS, BY SUSAN MINOT) 326 WHEN
THE MAGIC FAILS (DRUNK WITH LOVE, BY ELLEN GILCHRIST) 328 JOURNEY ALONG
THE CANAL BANK (PATRICK KAVANAGH: MAN AND POET, EDITED BY PETER
KAVANAGH) 330 FROM HIGGINS GOES TO THE BRINKS (OUTLAWS, BY GEORGE V.
HIGGINS) 334 VN CONTENTS IT S ALL IN THE MIND (BLACKBIRD, BY TONY
CARTANO) 335 POOR ACCOUNT OF CHILEAN LIFE (OF LOVE AND SHADOWS, BY
ISABEL ALLENDE) 337 YOURS SINCERELY, D.H.L (THE LETTERS OFD. H.
LAWRENCE, VOLUME IV) 339 GETTING FLAUBERT S FACTS STRAIGHT (FLAUBERT, BY
HERBERT LOTTMAN) 342 SAGAS FROM THE NORTH (THE MASKED FISHERMAN, B Y
GEORGE MACKAY BROWN) 346 THE MAN WHO FELL IN LOVE WITH HIS DOG
(ACKERLEY: A LIFE OF J. R. ACKERLEY, BY PETER PARKER) 348 THE LIFE, THE
WORK AND THE HURT (NOVELISTS IN THEIR YOUTH, BY JOHN HALPERIN) 351 AN
IMMACULATE MISTAKE (AN IMMACULATE MISTAKE, BY PAUL BAILEY) 354 TRAVAILS
WITH THE NOT SO MERRY PRANKSTERS (OFF THE ROAD, BY CAROLYN CASSADY) 357
ON THE EDGE OF THE DREAM (WILDLIFE, BY RICHARD FORD) 361 PATRIOT GAMES
(MICHAEL COLLINS: A BIOGRAPHY, BY TIM PAT COOGAN) 365 THE BEAUTIFUL AND
THE DAMNED (THE SHORT STORIES OFF. SCOTT FITZGERALD: A NEW COLLECTION)
369 COOL WORLD (COOLER BY THE LAKE, BY LARRY HEINEMANN) 372 THE ADULT
MYSTERIES (ACROSS THE BRIDGE: STORIES, BY MAVIS GALLANT) 374 THE FORGING
OF THE STATE (PLEASANT THE SCHOLAR S LIFE: IRISH INTELLECTUALS AND THE
CONSTRUCTION OF THE NATION STATE, BY MAURICE GOLDRING) 378 SHADOWS OF A
SUMMER NIGHT (SUNDAY S CHILDREN, BY INGMAR BERGMAN) 384 A LEGEND AFTER
HIS OWN LIFETIME (THE LOVE OF THE LAST TYCOON: A WESTERN, BY F. SCOTT
FITZGERALD) 388 A CRITIC WHO WAS ONE OF THE ELECT (EDMUND WILSON: A
BIOGRAPHY, BY JEFFREY MEYERS) 391 THE TRAGICAL COMEDY OF THE MEN OF
IRELAND (ANGELA S ASHES, BY FRANK MCCOURT) 396 FROM A REVOLUTIONARY
MIND (ERNIE O MALLEY: IRA INTELLECTUAL, BY RICHARD ENGLISH) 402 ON THE
TURNING WHEEL OF THE YEAR (NORTHERN LIGHTS: A POET S SOURCES, BY GEORGE
MACKAY BROWN) 405 PIECES OF YEATS (THE LIFE OFW. B. YEATS: A CRITICAL
BIOGRAPHY, BY TERENCE BROWN) 408 VM CONTENTS A CLASSIC GATHERING OF THE
CLASSICS (IRISH CLASSICS, BY DECLAN KIBERD) 411 HOW THEY LIVED UP IN THE
BIG HOUSE ( THE BIG HOUSE IN IRELAND, BY VALERIE PAKENHAM, WITH SPECIAL
PHOTOGRAPHY BY THOMAS PAKENHAM) 416 HEROINES OF THEIR LIVES (HATESHIP,
FRIENDSHIP, COURTSHIP, LOVESHIP, MARRIAGE, BY ALICE MUNRO) 418
KILTUBRID, COUNTY LEITRIM (KILTUBRID, COUNTY LEITRIM: SNAPSHOTS OF A
RURAL PARISH IN THE 1890S, BY LIAM KELLY) 425 NOTES AND REFERENCES 427
INDEX 439 IX
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