Frank O'Connor
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Major Issues Major IssuesBiographical and historical critics have examined Frank O’Connor’s incorporation of his personal history and his country’s political history into his literary works. O’Connor’s abiding fascination with the geography, language, politics, culture, humor, and people of Ireland is apparent everywhere in his fiction. Scholars have traced the influence of both William Butler Yeats’ idealistic nationalism and James Joyce’s naturalism in O’Connor’s writing. Structural studies note O’Connor’s frequent use of an unexpected plot "reversal," and his creation of engaging, sympathetic narrators. Critics identify the conflict between a character’s sense of individual justice and national duty as a common O’Connor theme. It has been observed that patriotism is tempered with a critique of Irish insular introversion in O’Connor best’s works. Author LinksAn Introduction
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