Young John McGahern : becoming a novelist / Denis Sampson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sampson, Denis, 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

McGahern, John, 1934-2006.

McGahern, John.

Authors, Irish--Biography.

Authors, Irish.

Physical Description:

xv, 176 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.

Summary:

Denis Sampson explores John McGahern's discovery of art as a young man and traces the development of his signature vision and style. Sampson considers McGahern's early efforts as an apprentice novelist and weaves the inner story of the composition of his acclaimed first novel The Barracks into a narrative of imaginative formation.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

1. Pleasure and Knowledge

2. The Vocation

3. 'The years of training in the secret Dublin years'

4. 'Writing all the time'

5. 'Art is solitary man'

6. The Character of the Local Artist

7. 'The End or the Beginning of Love'

8. 'The abiding life'

9. Writing The Barracks

Epilogue

Notes

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780191633348

0191633348

OCLC:

772845041