Frank O'Connor at Work

by Michael Steinman

Overview

Frank O'Connor was a most painstaking writer, sometimes taking up to ten years to revise and polish a story. This book attempts to examine the process and tries to reveal something about O'Connor's perception of his craft and the environment from which his art emerged.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780815624752
Publisher:	Syracuse University Press
Publication date:	05/01/1994
Series:	Irish Studies Series
Pages:	163
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Michael Steinman is Assistant Professor of English at Nassau Community College. He is the author of Yeats's Heroic Figures: Wilde, Parnell, Swift, Casement and has contributed to the James Joyce Quarterly and Eire-Ireland.

Table of Contents

"A Writer is Always Writing"; "First Confession"; "Judas"; "The Genius"; "Orpheus and his Lute"; "The Cornet Player Who Betrayed Ireland"; "The Little Mother"; "A Set of Variations".