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- Title
Flann, Fantasy, and Science Fiction: O'Brien's Surprising Synthesis.
- Authors
Nolan, Val
- Abstract
This article discusses the fictional works of Flann O'Brien, deemed to depict a uniquely Irish form of speculative writing. His work reportedly provides an intersection between Ireland's fantasy tradition and the 20th century idiom of science and technology. It describes the recurring character of de Selby whose fantastical and technological irresponsibility is said to embody both sides of tradition and modernity, and O'Brien's tongue-in-cheek combination of atomic theory and spirituality.
- Subjects
O'BRIEN, Flann, 1911-1966; FICTION writing; IDIOMS; SPIRITUALITY; ATOMIC theory
- Publication
Review of Contemporary Fiction, 2011, Vol 31, Issue 3, p178
- ISSN
0276-0045
- Publication type
Literary Criticism