Conor : a Biography of Conor Cruise O'Brien, Volume I.

Conor : a Biography of Conor Cruise O'Brien, Volume I.

"Man of letters, diplomat, scholar " the only contemporary writer who can be compared to George Orwell and André Malraux" " that is how the Atlantic Monthly described Conor Cruise O'Brien on its January 1994 cover. If anything, that description underestimates the range of ta...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Akenson, D. H.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Montréal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
O'Brien, Conor Cruise, > 1917-2008.
O'Brien, Conor Cruise, > 1917-2008
Intellectuals > Ireland > Biography.
Intellectuals
Ireland
Biographies
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PREFACE; PROLOGUE; PART 1 BENDING LIFE'S BOW; PART 2 A RISING PROFESSIONAL; PART 3 SURVIVING THE SIXTIES; PART 4 AN IRISH PATRIOT; PART 5 PARTICIPANT OBSERVER; EPILOGUE; NOTES; INDEX; 1 Nationalist Dublin: Not, Indeed, Joyceland; 2 The Cruise O'Briens before Conor; 3 His Father's Son: 1917-1936; 4 Living by His Wits: 1936-1941; 5 A Reasonably Civil Servant: 1942-1954; 6 To Paris, and New York, and Katanga, and Back: 1955-1961; 7 Reflections on a Watershed; 8 African Academe: Ghana, 1962-1965; 9 In the Kingdom of the New York Intellectuals: 1965-1969.
  • 10 ""Had Life Been Normal"": 1969-197211 The Chains of Office: 1973-1977; 12 Kildare Street to Fleet Street: 1977-1981; 13 An Enviable Freedom: 1982-1992; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.

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