The Reliques of Father Prout: A Critical Edition: Francis Sylvester Mahony

The Reliques of Father Prout (1836) by Francis Sylvester Mahony is a key text in the early genealogy of the Anglo-Irish literary tradition. Initially published under the pseudonym of “Father Prout” in the London periodical, Fraser’s Magazine, Mahony’s eccentric essay collection garnered immediate acclaim for its caustic wit, comic invention, and ironic literary forgeries. Its idiosyncratic blend of parodic translation, trenchant polemic, and mock-scholarly learning presents a distinctively ...