The fame of the Irish novelist and poet James Stephens (1882-1950) rests almost entirely upon a single masterpiece, the novel The Crock of Gold. His minor works consist of humorous fiction based on Ir...
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James Stephens delighted in combining fantasy and reality. He may have found this a congenial literary mixture because his life contained so many contradictory aspects. He was small enough to be calle...
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James Stephens was the most beguiling and enigmatic of the writers who contributed to the Irish literary revival during the early decades of the twentieth century. His reputation now rests almost enti...
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James Stephens's short fiction ranks among the best written during the Irish Renaissance. At that time his work was much lauded by prominent literary figures such as AE (George William Russell) and Wi...
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Today is Friday, May 18, the 138th day of 2007. There are 227 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On May 18, 1896, the U.S. Supreme Court endorsed "separate but equal" racial segrega...
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Today is Monday, May 21, the 141st day of 2007. There are 224 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On May 21, 1927, Charles A. Lindbergh landed his Spirit of St. Louis near Paris, com...
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