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Amongst Women Lesson Plan
37,306 words, approx. 124 pages
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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...
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 Amongst Women Information
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 Amongst Women is a novel by the Irish author John McGahern (1934-2006). The novel tells the story of Michael Moran, a bitter, ageing Irish Republican Army (IRA) veteran, and his tyranny over his wife and children, who both love and fear him. It is...
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 The Washington Post Wretched Art They Amongst Women
08/05/1998: 948 words, approx. 3 pages There can be few greater injustices than denying to human beings in the abyss of despair the opportunity to help themselves. In the case of the women under Taliban rule in Afghanistan, many of them widowed or otherwise left to their own devices because... summary from source:
The Independent - London Amongst Women John Mcgahern ; Book Of A Lifetime
05/04/2007: 445 words, approx. 2 pages Like many things in life, I discovered John McGahern by accident. A collection of short stories, High Ground, led me to one of his earlier novels, which in turn steered me towards Amongst Women, his masterpiece. The cover certainly wasn't the draw - an... summary from source:
 The New York Observer On Plane to N.H., Penn Makes the Giuliani Argument
1/4/2008: 570 words, approx. 2 pagesSuddenly, the Hillary Clinton campaign sounds a lot like the Rudy Giuliani campaign. On the campaign plane to New Hampshire after a devastating third-place finish in the Iowa caucuses-- nine percentage points behind winner Barack Obama -- chief strategist and pollster Mark Penn said,...
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
2,341 words, approx. 8 pages
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
1,712 words, approx. 6 pages
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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