Sean O’Casey (Magill’s Literary Annual 1989)
At a glance:
- Author: Garry O’Connor
- First Published: 1988
- Type of Work: Literary biography
- Time of Work: 1880-1964
- Setting: Ireland and England
- Principal Characters: Sean O’Casey, Eileen Carey O’Casey, William Butler Yeats, Lady Augusta Gregory
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: 1950’s, 1960’s, Family or family life, Mothers, Socialism, Twentieth century, Authors or writers, Nineteenth century, Revolutions, 1940’s, 1910’s, 1920’s, 1930’s, Nationalism, Drama or dramatists, Ireland or Irish people, Plays or playwrights, 1900’s, Activism
- Locales: England, Ireland
Garry O’Connor's biography of Sean O’Casey would, at first glance, seem redundant, since O’Casey has already written a six-volume autobiography, Mirror in My House (1956); however, O’Casey's version of his life and the controversies in which he was embroiled is very one-sided and inaccurate. O’Casey could not put aside his ingrained polemical attitude when he came to write his own story, and O’Connor is skillful at sorting out the facts from O’Casey's embellishments. In addition, he provides a detailed portrait of O’Casey's family, the social and political...
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