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Touchstones: John Mcgahern's Classical Style (Liverpool English Texts and Studies Lup)
Frank Shovlin
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Description for Touchstones: John Mcgahern's Classical Style (Liverpool English Texts and Studies Lup)
Hardcover. Touchstones examines the literary influences that led to John McGahern becoming Ireland's greatest fiction writer of the post-war generation. Series: Liverpool English Texts and Studies. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 165 x 291 x 16. Weight in Grams: 452.
Touchstones examines the ways in which John McGahern became a writer through his reading. This reading, it is shown, was both extensive and intensive, and tended towards immersion in the classics. As such, new insights are provided into McGahern’s admiration and use of writers as diverse as Dante Alighieri, William Blake, James Joyce, Albert Camus and several others. Evidence for these claims is found both through close reading of McGahern’s published texts as well as unprecedented sleuthing in his extensive archive of papers held at the National University of Ireland, Galway. The ultimate intention of the book is to draw ... Read more
Touchstones examines the ways in which John McGahern became a writer through his reading. This reading, it is shown, was both extensive and intensive, and tended towards immersion in the classics. As such, new insights are provided into McGahern’s admiration and use of writers as diverse as Dante Alighieri, William Blake, James Joyce, Albert Camus and several others. Evidence for these claims is found both through close reading of McGahern’s published texts as well as unprecedented sleuthing in his extensive archive of papers held at the National University of Ireland, Galway. The ultimate intention of the book is to draw ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Liverpool English Texts and Studies
Condition
New
Weight
451g
Number of Pages
210
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781383216
SKU
V9781781383216
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About Frank Shovlin
Frank Shovlin is Professor of Irish Literature in English at the Institute of Irish Studies, University of Liverpool. He is the editor of The Letters of John McGahern (2021) and is working on McGahern's authorized biography.
Reviews for Touchstones: John Mcgahern's Classical Style (Liverpool English Texts and Studies Lup)
Reviews 'Well-organized, well-written, passionate when needed, and intensely readable... I was thrilled to find so much that is new in Shovlin’s study.' Eamonn Wall, Smurfit-Stone Professor of Irish Studies, University of Missouri-St. Louis 'Frank Shovlin elegantly and insightfully weaves a tapestry of allusions and linkages around [McGahern's] work.' Ruth Gilligan, Times Literary Supplement 'This is a smart, convincing, ... Read more