The Parish Review: Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies

The Parish Review is a peer-reviewed open-access academic journal dedicated to the writing, life, and reception of Brian O'Nolan (pseud. Flann O'Brien, Myles na gCopaleen).

Featured Articles

Maebh Long

Is It About a Typewriter? Brian O’Nolan and Technologies of Inscription

Joseph Brooker

Do Bicycles Dream of Atomic Sheep? Forms of the Fantastic in Flann O’Brien and Philip K. Dick

Katherine Ebury

New Contexts for Confession: Brian O’Nolan, Golden Age Crime Fiction, & Theodor Reik

  • Volume 5 • Issue 1 • 2021 • The Parish Review: Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies

    Volume 5 • Issue 1 • 2021 • The Parish Review: Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies


The Parish Review 5.1 (Spring 2021) publishes a special forum dedicated to the theme of 'Intersections of Form and Identity' in the writing of Brian O'Nolan. Guest-edited by Scott Eric Hamilton (University College Dublin). Cover art by Ollie Sweetman.

Editorial

A Matter of Influence: Intersections of Identity

A Matter of Influence: Intersections of Identity

Scott Eric Hamilton

2021-06-30 Volume 5 • Issue 1 • 2021 • The Parish Review: Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies

Article

A Tale of Two Tales: Irony, Identity and the Fictions of Anthony Cronin and Brian O’Nolan

A Tale of Two Tales: Irony, Identity and the Fictions of Anthony Cronin and Brian O’Nolan

Rodney Sharkey

2021-06-30 Volume 5 • Issue 1 • 2021 • The Parish Review: Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies

Violence and the Crisis of Identity in Flann O’Brien and Myles na gCopaleen

Violence and the Crisis of Identity in Flann O’Brien and Myles na gCopaleen

Brian Doherty

2021-06-30 Volume 5 • Issue 1 • 2021 • The Parish Review: Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies

Big and Learned and Far From Simple: Intellectual Narration in 'The Plain People of Ireland' and The Third Policeman

Big and Learned and Far From Simple: Intellectual Narration in 'The Plain People of Ireland' and The Third Policeman

Maggie Glass

2021-06-30 Volume 5 • Issue 1 • 2021 • The Parish Review: Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies

Review

‘Flann O’Brien: Problems with Authority’ (2017), edited by Ruben Borg, Paul Fagan, and John McCourt

‘Flann O’Brien: Problems with Authority’ (2017), edited by Ruben Borg, Paul Fagan, and John McCourt

Anne Fogarty

2021-07-21 Volume 5 • Issue 1 • 2021 • The Parish Review: Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies

Note

Contexts from Constantine Curran

Contexts from Constantine Curran

Joseph Brooker

2021-07-16 Volume 5 • Issue 1 • 2021 • The Parish Review: Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies

In Memoriam

In Memoriam: John O'Brien

In Memoriam: John O'Brien

Alannah Hopkin

2021-06-23 Volume 5 • Issue 1 • 2021 • The Parish Review: Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies