Five Irish Writers: The Errand of Keeping Alive

by John Hildebidle

Liam O'Flaherty, Kate O'Brien, Elizabeth Bowen, Sean O'Faolain, and Frank O'Connor--theirs were among the most distinctive voices in Irish fiction in the twentieth century. Born within a few years of each other near the turn of the century, they represented the first literary generation to come of age in the shadow of Ireland's twin monuments, Joyce's Ulysses and the poetry of William Butler Yeats, and their work has too long remained in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067430487X
• ISBN13: 9780674304871
• Release Date: November 1989
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 245 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.6"