Mirror in My House (Masterplots II: Nonfiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Sean O'Casey
- First Published: 1956
- Type of Work: Autobiography
- Time of Work: The early to mid-twentieth century
- Setting: Ireland and England
- Principal Characters: Sean O’Casey, Michael Casey, Susan Archer Casey, Isabella (Ella), Eileen O’Casey
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography
- Subjects: Culture, Family or family life, Memory, Politics, Revolutions, Writing, Drama or dramatists, Work or workers, Civil wars, Insurgency
Form and Content
Mirror in My House combines six books previously published: I Knock at the Door (1939), Pictures in the Hallway (1942), Drums Under the Window (1945), Inishfallen, Fare Thee Well (1949), Rose and Crown (1952), and Sunset and Evening Star (1954). The books tell the significant events in O’Casey’s life from his birth in Dublin until roughly 1954, near the end of his life. The term autobiography should, however, be used with caution for a number of reasons. First, the books are less a continuous narrative than...
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