Conor [electronic resource] : a biography of Conor Cruise O'Brien. Volume II, Anthology / Donald Harman Akenson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Akenson, Donald H.

Series:

Conor: a biography of Conor Cruise O'Brien ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

O'Brien, Conor Cruise, 1917-2008.

O'Brien, Conor Cruise.

Intellectuals--Ireland--Biography.

Intellectuals.

Authors, Irish--20th century--Biography.

Authors, Irish.

Diplomats--Ireland--Biography.

Diplomats.

Scholars--Ireland--Biography.

Scholars.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (371 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Man of letters, diplomat, scholar " the only contemporary writer who can be compared to George Orwell and André Malraux" " that is how the Atlantic Monthly described Conor Cruise O'Brien on its January 1994 cover. If anything, that description underestimates the range of talents and activities of the person who has been widely referred to as "the greatest living Irishman.".

Contents:

""CONTENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""SELECTIONS""; ""1 ""Poisson d'Avril""/""Poison d'Autrui""""; ""2 ""Christine""""; ""3 Profile: Mr. Sean MacBride, T.D.""; ""4 The Magic of Mauriac""; ""5 A Sunday in East Berlin""; ""6 Poetry, Inspiration and Criticism""; ""7 The Loved One""; ""8 Carey Bloom""; ""9 Serpents""; ""10 Orwell Looks at the World""; ""11 My Case""; ""12 White Gods and Black Americans""; ""13 Neo-Colonialism""; ""14 Yeats and Fascism: What Rough Beast""; ""15 A Long Engagement""; ""16 The Neurosis of Colonialism""; ""17 Nkrumah�The Man I Knew""; ""18 The Embers of Easter""

""19 The Homer Watt Lecture""""20 Encounter Retorts""; ""21 Burke, Marx, and History""; ""22 Two-Faced Cathleen""; ""23 In Quest of Uncle Tom""; ""24 Inside Biafra""; ""25 Student Unrest""; ""26 Biafra Revisited""; ""27 Camus, Algeria, and ""The Fall""""; ""28 Holy War""; ""29 America First or Varieties of Americocentrism""; ""30 The Gentle Nietzscheans""; ""31 Mr. Alec Foster: An Appreciation""; ""32 Now They Talk of Over-Information""; ""33 Hands Off""; ""34 Dead Cat Calwell Meets Arctic Dev""; ""35 Fwowing Up with Dorothy Parker""

""36 African Self-Righteousness Is as Tiresome as European""""37 Kangaroo Tickets and Black Politics""; ""38 Parnell and His Party, Reconsidered""; ""39 What Rough Beast?""; ""40 Blueshirts and Quislings""; ""41 The Four Horsemen""; ""42 The Artist as Pompous Prig""; ""43 A Step to Watch""; ""44 Death in the Afternoon""; ""45 Islam's Example""; ""46 UN Theater""; ""47 An Exalted Nationalism""; ""48 A Vindication of Edmund Burke""; ""49 Pride in the Language""; ""50 Your Lordships: An Open Letter to the Irish Catholic Hierarchy""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""INDEX""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""

""F""""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-7735-6511-6