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• catalog abstract "This first book-length study of the fiction of John McGahern traces his development as an artist by providing a detailed reading of each of his five novels and three collections of stories. In The Barracks (1963) and The Dark (1965), McGahern's unapologetic eye for shocking truths and his scrupulous preoccupation with style and form made comparisons to the young James Joyce commonplace. The mantle of "silence, exile and cunning" also seemed to fit the young novelist, who was fired from his job and whose second novel was banned. The Leavetaking and The Pornographer won him renewed acclaim in the 1970s, but the breakthrough into recognition as a major novelist - the peer of Seamus Heaney and Brian Friel - did not come until the publication of Amongst Women, which in 1992 won McGahern the prestigious GPA (Guinness Peat Aviation) Prize of 8 Although McGahern's fiction is known primarily in Europe, its recep. Although McGahern's fiction is known primarily in Europe, its reception, significance, and place in literary history, especially in the United States, still remain ambiguous and controversial in spite of support from such literary luminaries as John Updike. Denis Sampson here situates McGahern's fiction in the tradition of symbolic realism. McGahern's distinctive style is grounded in concrete images of place - the streets of Dublin and the Roscommon-Leitrim countryside, in particular. Images of personal darkness are associated with an acute analysis of the repressive and deadening effects of Irish social forces on individuals, but McGahern's sensitive portraits are illuminated by a resilient and unsentimental sense of self. Many of his novels and short stories interweave the story of one family's history through two generations, and in its epic confrontations, the reader discovers a moral account of post-colonial Ireland. Ultimately, McGahern unveils the elemental patterns of change which govern individual and social life. As in Beckett, Proust, or Yeats, writers whose presence can be felt in McGahern's work, the sum is greater than the parts, for he is one of those exacting artists who invite the reader to circle back over known territory, searching the familiar narrative for the renewal of imagination itself as the vital and redeeming power. Sampson argues that McGahern's treatment of time and consciousness, of self, story and fictional form, of memory and narrative choice, and of the self-referential autobiographical subject define this integrated set of fictions as the work of a major and underrated artist. This study sheds much-needed light on the enigmatic figure of John McGahern for scholars and students of contemporary Irish literature, European modern literature, and contemporary fiction.".
• catalog contributor b4471583.
• catalog coverage "Ireland In literature.".
• catalog created "c1993.".
• catalog date "1993".
• catalog date "c1993.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1993.".
• catalog description "Although McGahern's fiction is known primarily in Europe, its reception, significance, and place in literary history, especially in the United States, still remain ambiguous and controversial in spite of support from such literary luminaries as John Updike.".
• catalog description "As in Beckett, Proust, or Yeats, writers whose presence can be felt in McGahern's work, the sum is greater than the parts, for he is one of those exacting artists who invite the reader to circle back over known territory, searching the familiar narrative for the renewal of imagination itself as the vital and redeeming power. Sampson argues that McGahern's treatment of time and consciousness, of self, story and fictional form, of memory and narrative choice, and of the self-referential autobiographical subject define this integrated set of fictions as the work of a major and underrated artist. This study sheds much-needed light on the enigmatic figure of John McGahern for scholars and students of contemporary Irish literature, European modern literature, and contemporary fiction.".
• catalog description "Denis Sampson here situates McGahern's fiction in the tradition of symbolic realism. McGahern's distinctive style is grounded in concrete images of place - the streets of Dublin and the Roscommon-Leitrim countryside, in particular. Images of personal darkness are associated with an acute analysis of the repressive and deadening effects of Irish social forces on individuals, but McGahern's sensitive portraits are illuminated by a resilient and unsentimental sense of self. Many of his novels and short stories interweave the story of one family's history through two generations, and in its epic confrontations, the reader discovers a moral account of post-colonial Ireland. Ultimately, McGahern unveils the elemental patterns of change which govern individual and social life.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-261) and index.".
• catalog description "Introduction: The Identity of the Artist -- 1. The Barracks: Suffering, Memory, and Vision -- 2. The Dark: Choice and Chance -- 3. Nightlines: Repetition of a Life in the Shape of a Story -- 4. The Leavetaking: Memory Becoming Imagination -- 5. The Pornographer: The Writing on the Wall -- 6. Getting Through: Imperfection in a Mirror of Perfection -- 7. High Ground: The Natural Process of Living -- 8. Amongst Women: The Troubles and the Living Stream.".
• catalog description "This first book-length study of the fiction of John McGahern traces his development as an artist by providing a detailed reading of each of his five novels and three collections of stories. In The Barracks (1963) and The Dark (1965), McGahern's unapologetic eye for shocking truths and his scrupulous preoccupation with style and form made comparisons to the young James Joyce commonplace. The mantle of "silence, exile and cunning" also seemed to fit the young novelist, who was fired from his job and whose second novel was banned. The Leavetaking and The Pornographer won him renewed acclaim in the 1970s, but the breakthrough into recognition as a major novelist - the peer of Seamus Heaney and Brian Friel - did not come until the publication of Amongst Women, which in 1992 won McGahern the prestigious GPA (Guinness Peat Aviation) Prize of 8 Although McGahern's fiction is known primarily in Europe, its recep.".
• catalog extent "xvii, 267 p. ;".
• catalog hasFormat "Outstaring nature's eye.".
• catalog identifier "0813207665".
• catalog isFormatOf "Outstaring nature's eye.".
• catalog issued "1993".
• catalog issued "c1993.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press,".
• catalog relation "Outstaring nature's eye.".
• catalog spatial "Ireland In literature.".
• catalog subject "823/.914 20".
• catalog subject "McGahern, John, 1934- Criticism and interpretation.".
• catalog subject "McGahern, John, 1934-2006 Criticism and interpretation.".
• catalog subject "PR6063.A2176 Z88 1993".
• catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: The Identity of the Artist -- 1. The Barracks: Suffering, Memory, and Vision -- 2. The Dark: Choice and Chance -- 3. Nightlines: Repetition of a Life in the Shape of a Story -- 4. The Leavetaking: Memory Becoming Imagination -- 5. The Pornographer: The Writing on the Wall -- 6. Getting Through: Imperfection in a Mirror of Perfection -- 7. High Ground: The Natural Process of Living -- 8. Amongst Women: The Troubles and the Living Stream.".
• catalog title "Outstaring nature's eye : the fiction of John McGahern / Denis Sampson.".
• catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
• catalog type "text".