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Thirteen Stories by Fitz-James O'Brien: The Realm of the Mind

Thirteen Stories by Fitz-James O'Brien: The Realm of the Mind

Kime, Wayne R.

Hardcover

Literary CriticismFiction Anthologies

ISBN10: 1611494028
ISBN13: 9781611494020
Publisher: University of Delaware Press
Published: May 18 2012
Pages: 196
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.10
Language: English

his volume forms part of a continuing initiative by Wayne R. Kime to make available the writings of Fitz-James O'Brien (1828-1862), an Irish-American literary man who during his lifetime won reputation as one of the most talented young authors in the United States, but who has been all but forgotten since. It follows Fitz-James O'Brien: Selected Literary Journalism, 1852-1860 (Susquehanna University Press, 2003) and Behind the Curtain: Selected Fiction of Fitz-James O'Brien (University of Delaware Press and Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, 2011), both edited by Kime. Like its predecessors, the volume offers evidence that not only for his vivid contemporaneity but also for his originality, range, and technical skill (Fitz-James O'Brien: Selected Literary Journalism, 10), O'Brien's claim to lasting memory was well justified.

Thirteen Stories by Fitz-James O'Brien: The Realm of Mind presents a group of works that explore one of the author's special interests, the representation of individual consciousness. All but three of the stories are reprinted here for the first time. The works are arranged chronologically, by date of publication, under five headings: Expanded Faculties (The Old Boy, The Spider's Eye, Seeing the World), Induced Visions (The Hasheesh Eater, Broadway Bedeviled), New Knowledge (Mr. Grubbe's Night with Memnon, The Golden Ingot, How I Overcame My Gravity), Love and Hate (Number 101, Jubal, the Ringer), and Dreams (A Terrible Night, The Crystal Bell, From Hand to Mouth).

A general introduction, brief introductions to the individual stories, and explanatory notes complement the reprinted texts. The volume has been designed to appeal to both general and specialist readers.

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