Letters of Brendan Behan
ISBN: 9780773563247
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / McGill-Queen''s University Press
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter
Subjects: Behan Brendan -- Correspondence; Authors Irish -- 20th century -- Correspondence;

Brendan Behan -- a Dublin playwright, fiction writer, and poet -- made a deep impression on British theatre during the 1950s. As a young man he made a similar impression on Irish prisons, spending a number of years in them for the cause of Irish republicanism. Throughout his life he continued to enjoy a reputation as a carouser, boozer, and rebel but he was also known for having a generous spirit and being a witty, good-natured spinner of yarns. The letters collected in this volume by E.H. Mikhail show the many sides of this complex man.


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