• Volume 4 • Issue 1 • 2018 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies

    Volume 4 • Issue 1 • 2018 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies


The Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies 4.1 (Spring 2018) is a special issue to mark the 75th anniversary of the first publication of An Béal Bocht

Guest-edited by Daniel Curran and Eimear Thornton

General Editors: Jennika Baines, Ruben Borg, Paul Fagan, Maebh Long

Cover Illustration: ‘Frag. 12’ by Conor Tiernan.

Cover design and layout: Paul Fagan

Editorial


Guest Editor’s Note - An Béal Bocht at 75

Guest Editor’s Note - An Béal Bocht at 75

Daniel Curran and Eimear Thornton

2018-05-07 Volume 4 • Issue 1 • 2018 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies • 1-4

Article


Brian Ó Nualláin/O’Nolan: Scholarly Background and Foreground

Brian Ó Nualláin/O’Nolan: Scholarly Background and Foreground

Breandán Ó Conaire

2018-05-07 Volume 4 • Issue 1 • 2018 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies • 5-22

‘As ucht a bhochtanais Ghaeiligh’: Parody, Poverty, and the Politics of Irish Folklore in An Béal Bocht

‘As ucht a bhochtanais Ghaeiligh’: Parody, Poverty, and the Politics of Irish Folklore in An Béal Bocht

Gregory Darwin

2018-05-07 Volume 4 • Issue 1 • 2018 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies • 23-39

The Prison of Language: Brian O’Nolan, An Béal Bocht, and Language Determinism

The Prison of Language: Brian O’Nolan, An Béal Bocht, and Language Determinism

Radvan Markus

2018-05-07 Volume 4 • Issue 1 • 2018 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies • 40-52

The Bildung Subject and Modernist Autobiography  in An Béal Bocht (Beyond An tOileánach)

The Bildung Subject and Modernist Autobiography in An Béal Bocht (Beyond An tOileánach)

Brian Ó Conchubhair

2018-05-07 Volume 4 • Issue 1 • 2018 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies • 53-70

Note


Note: When is a Fahrt not a Fahrt?

Note: When is a Fahrt not a Fahrt?

Pádraig Ó Méaloid

2018-05-07 Volume 4 • Issue 1 • 2018 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies • 100-101

Review


Review of 'Niall Montgomery: Dublinman' (2015), edited by Christine O’Neill

Review of 'Niall Montgomery: Dublinman' (2015), edited by Christine O’Neill

Maebh Long

2018-05-07 Volume 4 • Issue 1 • 2018 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies • 75-79

Review of 'Irish Science Fiction' (2014) by Jack Fennell

Review of 'Irish Science Fiction' (2014) by Jack Fennell

Tom Dillon

2018-05-07 Volume 4 • Issue 1 • 2018 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies • 80-84

Translation


Translation: ‘Pisa Bec Oc Parnabus Extractum O Bhark I bPragrais le Briain O Nuallain’ (1938)

Translation: ‘Pisa Bec Oc Parnabus Extractum O Bhark I bPragrais le Briain O Nuallain’ (1938)

Tobias Harris, John Wyse Jackson and Thomas O’Donnell

2018-05-07 Volume 4 • Issue 1 • 2018 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies • 71–74

Report


Report: 'Acting Out: The IV International Flann O’Brien Conference' (Salzburg, 2017)

Report: 'Acting Out: The IV International Flann O’Brien Conference' (Salzburg, 2017)

Yaeli Greenblatt

2018-05-07 Volume 4 • Issue 1 • 2018 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies • 85-88

Report: 'Irish Modernisms: Gaps, Conjectures, Possibilities' (Vienna, 2016)

Report: 'Irish Modernisms: Gaps, Conjectures, Possibilities' (Vienna, 2016)

Lloyd (Meadhbh) Houston

2018-05-07 Volume 4 • Issue 1 • 2018 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies • 89-95

Report: #Flann50 in London: Re-Reading Some Scenes from an Anti-Novel

Report: #Flann50 in London: Re-Reading Some Scenes from an Anti-Novel

Tobias Harris

2018-05-07 Volume 4 • Issue 1 • 2018 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies • 96-99

In Memoriam


In Memoriam: Anthony Cronin (1928–2016)

In Memoriam: Anthony Cronin (1928–2016)

Bruce Stewart

2018-05-07 Volume 4 • Issue 1 • 2018 • Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies • 102-107