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O'Brien, Edna
O'Brien, Edna (1932– ), Irish novelist and short-story writer, born in the west of Ireland. Her first novel, The Country Girls (1960), describes the adventures of two girls who escape from their country homes and convent education to the addictive ‘crowds and lights and noise’ of Dublin. They continue their search for experience through The Lonely Girl (1962) and Girls in Their Married Bliss (1963). Her subsequent novels include August is a Wicked Month (1964), A PaganPlace (1971), Night (1972), Johnny I Hardly Knew You (1977), Time and Tide (1992), House of Splendid Isolation (1994), and In the Forest (2003). Her themes are female sensuality, male treachery, Irish nostalgia, and celebration of the intermittent ‘good times’ which even her much-abused and self-abusing heroines enjoy, and her lyrical descriptive powers and lack of inhibition have led to comparisons with Colette. Her short- story collections include A Scandalous Woman (1974), Mrs Reinhardt (1978), Returning (1982), Lantern Slides (1990), and A Fanatic Heart (1984 USA, 1985 UK). Mother Ireland (1976) is an autobiographical evocation of her native country.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "O'Brien, Edna." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "O'Brien, Edna." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-OBrienEdna.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "O'Brien, Edna." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-OBrienEdna.html |
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O'Brien, Edna
O'Brien, Edna (1932– ) Irish novelist and short-story writer. Her novels, which include the trilogy The Country Girls (1960), The Lonely Girl (1962), and Girls in Their Married Bliss (1964), are distinguished by their frank depiction of female sexuality. O'Brien's short-story collections include A Fanatic Heart (1984).
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"O'Brien, Edna." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "O'Brien, Edna." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-OBrienEdna.html "O'Brien, Edna." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-OBrienEdna.html |
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