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Amongst Women by John McGahern | |
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| Name: |
John McGahern | | Birth Date: |
1934 | | Nationality: |
British, Irish | | Gender: |
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 Biography of John McGahern
6166 words, approx. 20.6 pages
 John McGahern's significance to contemporary Irish literature was stated by Belfast novelist Glenn Patterson. When asked whether McGahern was his father, Patterson replied: "Yes. He is the father of the modern Irish novel." The status of McGahern as the... summary from source:
Biography of John McGahern
5006 words, approx. 16.7 pages
John McGahern's fiction continually tempts critics to compare him with other novelists. An Irishman, he has undergone the inevitable comparison with Joyce, which few Irish novelists escape. One critic claims, however, that he writes in the tradition of E...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Amongst Women Information
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 Amongst Women 1st edition hardback cover of Amongst Women Author John McGahern Cover artist Sam McConnell Country Eire Language English Genre(s) Novel Publisher Faber and Faber Publication date 1990 (1st edition) Media type Print ( hardback...
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 greatreporter.com McGahern, John
12/31/2006: 259 words, approx. 1 pagesIrish novelist and short-story writer (b. Nov. 12, 1934, Dublin, Ire. —d. March 30, 2006, Dublin ), was noted for his depictions of Irish men and women constricted and damaged by the conventions of their native land, his keen observations of the human heart and... summary from source:
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Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Shaun O'Connell
5,371 words, approx. 18 pages
In the following essay, O'Connell explores the relationship between McGahern's protagonists and the lands they call “home.”
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Critical Review by D. J. Enright
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In the following review, Enright compares the role of women in Amongst Women and The Collected Stories.
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Critical Review by John Banville
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In the following review, Banville examines the violence—both physical and emotional—in Amongst Women.
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Amongst Women by John McGahern | |
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