Flann O'brien
Flann O’Brien problems with authority 00 FOB.indd 1 31/05/2017 12:52 00 FOB.indd 2 31/05/2017 12:52 Flann O’Brien problems with authority edited by Ruben Borg, Paul Fagan and John McCourt 00 FOB.indd 3 31/05/2017 12:52 First published in 2017 by Cork University Press Youngline Industrial Estate Pouladuff Road, Togher Cork T12 HT6V Ireland © 2017 [to come] All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any electronic, mechanical or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording or otherwise, without either the prior written permission of the publishers or a licence permitting restricted copying in Ireland issued by the Irish Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd., 25 Denzille Lane, Dublin 2. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A CIP record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN: 978-1-78205-????-0 Printed in ??? by ???? Print origination & design by Carrigboy Typesetting Services, www.carrigboy.com www.corkuniversitypress.com 00 FOB.indd 4 31/05/2017 12:52 for Werner 00 FOB.indd 5 31/05/2017 12:52 00 FOB.indd 6 31/05/2017 12:52 Contents Acknowledgements ix Textual note x Notes on contributors xi Editors’ introduction Ruben Borg, Paul Fagan, John McCourt 1 Part I. ‘neither popular nor profitable’: O’Nolan vs. The Plain People 1. ‘irreverence moving towards the blasphemous’: Brian O’Nolan, Blather and Irish popular culture Carol Taaffe 21 2. ‘No more drunk, truculent, witty, celtic, dark, desperate, amorous paddies!’: Brian O’Nolan and the Irish stereotype Maebh Long 34 3.
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