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Brian Moore
Brian Moore 1921–99, Canadian-American novelist, b. Belfast, Northern Ireland. He emigrated to Canada in 1948, where he was a reporter for the Montreal Gazette. He later moved to the United States and was a longtime resident of Malibu, Calif., although he maintained Canadian citizenship. While his novels are often concerned with people who are capable of hypocrisy and self-delusion, a comic vein runs through them. In clear, precise prose, Moore sets his beautifully drawn, isolated characters against a world marked by provincialism and religiosity. Moore's fiction has never been enormously popular, but it is strongly admired by other writers and a devoted group of readers. His novels, each of which is strikingly different in plot, setting, and historical period, include The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1956), The Luck of Ginger Coffey (1960), The Great Victorian Collection (1975), Black Robe (1985), Lies of Silence (1990), The Statement (1996), and The Magician's Wife (1998). Several of his works were made into films. He also wrote under the name Michael Bryan.
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"Brian Moore." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Brian Moore." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Moore-Br.html "Brian Moore." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Moore-Br.html |
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Moore, Brian
Moore, Brian (1921–99), novelist, born and educated in Belfast. He emigrated in 1948 to Canada and subsequently moved to the USA. Judith Hearne (1955; published in the US as The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne, 1956) is a poignant story of a lonely Belfast spinster who takes refuge in alcohol. His subsequent works, many of which deal with transatlantic migrations, include The Feast of Lupercal (1957, set in Belfast); The Luck of Ginger Coffey (1960, describing the misfortunes and daydreams of an Irish immigrant in Canada); I am Mary Dunne (1968, a first-person female narration set in America); Catholics (1972, a papal representative visiting an Irish religious community some time in the future); and The Mangan Inheritance (1979, an American journalist in search of his Irish heritage and the poète maudit J. C. Mangan. Other works include The Black Robe (1983); Lies of Silence (1990), a novel of the Troubles; and The Magician's Wife (1997). Critics have praised both the versatility of his subject-matter and the economy and understatement of his style.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Moore, Brian." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Moore, Brian." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-MooreBrian.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Moore, Brian." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-MooreBrian.html |
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Moore, Brian
Moore, Brian (1921–98) Canadian novelist, b. Northern Ireland. His works examine the nature of religions and sexual guilt, and the plight of the individual when transplanted from a familiar environment. Novels include The Lonely Passion of Miss Judith Hearne (1955), Lies of Silence (1990) and The Statement (1995).
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"Moore, Brian." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Moore, Brian." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-MooreBrian.html "Moore, Brian." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-MooreBrian.html |
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