TY  - BOOK
AU  - Maria Elena Jaime de Pablos
PY  - 2018
CY  - Oxford, United Kingdom
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 1662-9094
SN  - 9781788744041
TI  - Giving Shape to the Moment
T2  - The Art of Mary O'Donnell: Poet, Novelist and Short Story Writer
DO  - 10.3726/b13465
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1057020
N2  - This is the first book to provide a critical assessment of the work of the Irish author Mary O’Donnell. The essays collected here engage with O’Donnell’s writing across multiple genres and explore the themes and preoccupations that have characterized her oeuvre. Alongside her creative work, O’Donnell’s has been a steady and continuing voice for many years within the world of theatre criticism, book reviewing, essay writing, radio broadcasts and cultural commentary. <P></P> As a writer, O’Donnell’s principal themes include contemporary Irish society, the position of women in Ireland and the role of the artist. Throughout her career, her approach has been unconventional and her work has sometimes presented a challenge to the status quo. The contributors to this volume illuminate O’Donnell’s role as a humanist writer searching for truth at all costs, through the fictive lives of her often unusual characters, and through the emotional range and depth of her poetry.
KW  - Ireland, Women, Cultural critique
LA  - English
ER  -