Finley Peter Dunne & Mr. Dooley : the Chicago years / Charles Fanning.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fanning, Charles, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dooley, Mr. (Fictitious character).

Irish Americans in literature.

Chicago (Ill.)--In literature.

Chicago (Ill.).

Dunne, Finley Peter, 1867-1936--Criticism and interpretation.

Dunne, Finley Peter.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1978.

Summary:

Finley Peter Dunne, American journalist and humorist, is justly famous for his creation of Mr. Dooley, the Chicago Irish barkeep whose weekly commentary on national politics, war, and human nature kept Americans chuckling over their newspapers for nearly two decades at the beginning of this century. Largely forgotten in the files of Chicago newspapers, however, are over 300 Mr. Dooley columns written in the 1890's before national syndication made his name a household word. Charles Fanning offers here the first critical examination of these early Dooley pieces, which, far better than the later

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. CHICAGO BACKGROUNDS The Genesis of Mr. Dooley; 2. MR. DOOLEY IN BRIDGEPORT The Creation of a Community; 3. MR. DOOLEY IN BRIDGEPORT The Dissolution of a Community; 4. THE IRISH IN AMERICAN POLITICS The View from Archer Avenue; Illustrations; 5. CATHLEEN NI HOULIHAN IN CHICAGO Dunne & Irish-American Nationalism; 6. FROM BRIDGEPORT TO MANILA Mr. Dooley Becomes a National Sage; 7. CONCLUSION; Appendix: An Annotated Chronology of Dunne's Dialect Pieces in the Chicago Evening Post; Notes; Index;

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813187952

0813187958

9780813162614

0813162610

OCLC:

900345167