The Political Dimension of Myles na gCopaleen's Cruiskeen Lawn (New Directions in Irish and Irish American Literature)

Asensio Peral, Germán

Palgrave Macmillan（2026/05発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 267 p.
• 商品コード 9783032187970

Full Description

This book meticulously analyzes Cruiskeen Lawn, a popular column published in The Irish Times by Irish writer Myles na gCopaleen (real name Brian O'Nolan, though also known as Flann O'Brien), from 1940 to 1966. Cruiskeen Lawn was a comic literary column devoted to offering a sharp and incisive portrait of mid-twentieth century Ireland. Conscious of the historical significance of twenty-six years' worth of political commentary by a renowned intellectual figure such as O'Nolan, this book examines the total of 4,032 newspaper articles that compose Cruiskeen Lawn with a twofold aim: firstly, to understand Myles na gCopaleen's Cruiskeen Lawn as a work of political commentary and to view the column as a historical account of mid-twentieth century Ireland; and secondly, to determine O'Nolan's own political philosophy through a close reading of his opinions on the political events discussed throughout the book.