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- Title
“I had never heard of T.S. Eliot”: Brian Moore and Reading in a Censorious Climate.
- Authors
Bhreatnach, Aoife
- Abstract
The article focuses on Brian Moore's experience of censorship in Belfast and its impact on his literary education. It discusses how informal censorship in Catholic schools and at home hindered his exposure to modern literature, and how encountering forbidden books opened up a new world of literature for him. The article also explores the broader culture of censorship in Ireland and its effects on writers and readers.
- Subjects
BELFAST (Northern Ireland); MOORE, Brian, 1921-1999; CENSORSHIP in literature; CATHOLIC schools; INDECENT exposure; MODERN literature
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Irish Studies, 2021, Vol 44, Issue 2, p161
- ISSN
0703-1459
- Publication type
Article