John McGahern's career spans the last f racks, appeared in 1963, and his most rece ing Sun
was published in 2002.1 Social com main concern, yet his work has consisten recesses of …

INTRODUCTION a whole. In the first essay, Eamon Grennan mulls over the particular
qualities of McGahern as a writer, and delivers a fulsome and reflective appreciation of'the …

The circle is central to John McGahern's oeuvre, as it is to his philosophy of life. A writer who
had to endure his second novel, The Dark, being banned by the Irish Censorship Board in …

Abstract John McGahern (1934–2006) was a writer with a keen sense of place. His novels
and short stories are mainly set in the northwest midland counties of Leitrim and …

If we take the term 'imperfection'to mean the state of 'incompleteness'(OED), this perspective
may contribute to a further understanding of the more unbecoming traits or defects of …

John McGahern's third novel, The Leavetaking (1974; 1984), 1 tells the story of Patrick
Moran's last day as a teacher in a Dublin school. The chronicle of this last day is …

This practice-in-research dissertation combines creative writing and literary criticism to
explore the farm narratives that arose in Ireland due to expansionist agricultural ideologies …

This paper explores the symbiotic relationship between the Irish pub and Irish writer. It traces
how a contemporary drinks industry, cultural industry and 'drinks culture'industry has …

Abstract Encompassing the Intolerable examines John McGahern's depiction of individual
consciousness struggling with postcolonial Ireland's three dominant and interconnected …

THE REPUTATION of John McGahern (1934-2006) was forged in the main by the
painstakingly authentic canvas he painted of the landscape and community of his native …