2024 (34) 67

Issued: 07 / 2024
Publisher: Univerzita Karlova, Filozofická fakulta
ISSN: 2571-452X
168 pages

Revisiting Brendan Behan

Introduction: Brendan Behan at 100
Nathalie Lamprecht and Ondřej Pilný, p. 1-9
“Literature and the Hack”: Brendan Behan and the Newspapers
John Brannigan, p. 10-27
“Gael an Taobh Thuaidh”: The Irish Language in Brendan Behan’s Journalistic Writing
Radvan Markus, p. 28-45
Brendan Behan and the Irish Language: A Reconsideration
Brian Ó Conchubhair, p. 46-64
Brendan Behan: A Late Modernist Writer Engagé in Postwar Paris
Deirdre McMahon, p. 65-85
“A splendid figure of revolting womanhood”: The Women of Brendan Behan’s Short Fiction
Nathalie Lamprecht, p. 86-104
Irony, Trauma, and Compassion: Brendan Behan’s and Maeve Brennan’s Mid-century Short Prose
Klára Witzany Hutková, p. 105-124
“The most cooperative of writers”: Brendan Behan’s Collaboration with Carolyn Swift on The Quare Fellow
James Little, p. 125-139
Rowdy and Rough: Brendan Behan Sings Songs from The Hostage
David Livingstone, p. 140-158
Notes on Contributors
p. 159-161