The dark : a critical edition / John McGahern ; edited by Anna Teekell and Ellen Scheible.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• McGahern, John, 1934-2006, author.

Contributor:

• Teekell, Anna, editor.
• Scheible, Ellen, editor.

Series:

• Irish studies (Syracuse, N.Y.)
• Irish studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Fathers and sons--Fiction.
• Ireland--Fiction.
• McGahern, John, 1934-2006--Criticism and interpretation.
• English literature--Irish authors--History and criticism.
• English literature--20th century--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

xxi, 253 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2025.

Summary:

"This critical edition of John McGahern's classic novel includes an introduction, explanatory footnotes, McGahern's own glossary, and four scholarly essays aimed at guiding readers through the novel's history"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

• Introduction: Seeing in the dark / Anna Teekell
• The dark / John McGahern
• "The four-letter word" : censorship and The dark / Frank Shovlin
• Documents of The dark : John McGahern and the archive / Barry Houlihan
• A very special violence : John McGahern's biopolitical materials / Enda Duffy
• Reading trauma in The Dark / Kathleen Costello-Sullivan.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: McGahern, John, 1934-2006. Dark

ISBN:

• 9780815638612
• 0815638612

OCLC:

1498400657

Publisher Number:

CIPO000213993