LEADER 04307nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910808570303321 005 20240416192530.0 010 $a0-7735-6324-5 024 7 $a10.1515/9780773563247 035 $a(CKB)1000000000713521 035 $a(OCoLC)243587387 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10134986 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000281398 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11193097 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000281398 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10306084 035 $a(PQKB)11280286 035 $a(CaPaEBR)400950 035 $a(CaBNvSL)jme00326570 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3331029 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10141700 035 $a(OCoLC)929121313 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/c8v2bh 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/1/400950 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3331029 035 $a(DE-B1597)657130 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780773563247 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3245259 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000713521 100 $a19910514d1992 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe letters of Brendan Behan /$fedited by E.K. Mikhail 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMontreal $cMcGill-Queen's University Press$dc1992 215 $a1 online resource (270 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7735-0888-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tList of Plates -- $tAcknowledgements -- $tIntroduction -- $tBiographical Chronology -- $t1932?1939: Youth -- $t1942?1948: In and Out of Prison -- $t1951?1956: Freelance Journalist -- $t1957: A Busy Year for Correspondence -- $t1958: International Travel ? Spain, Sweden -- $t1959: Berlin, Paris; First Breakdown -- $t1960: Dublin, London, New York; Second Breakdown -- $t1961: 11000 miles across USA, Canada and Mexico -- $t1962: New York, Dublin, London, France -- $t1963: The Last Two Letters -- $tAppendix A: Index of Recipients -- $tAppendix B: Select Bibliography of Behan's Works -- $tSubject Index 330 $aBehan's friends and relatives, and people in his literary circle, have claimed he was not a prolific letter-writer. Even Behan himself has been "ed as saying, "Whoever writes my biography will get no help from my letters. I never write any." But in fact there is a substantial body of letters to and from Behan, who not only corresponded with seventeen periodicals but wrote to relatives, friends, IRA colleagues, civil servants, theatrical directors, publicans, and complete strangers. As in the case of Oscar Wilde, the search for Behan's letters has been hampered by their dispersal to widely scattered and unexpected places. The surviving letters that Mikhail was able to locate, however, proved well worth the trouble it took to uncover them. In addition to providing a vital record of one of the giants of Irish literature, Behan's letters -- especially those written without thought of publication -- give a far better sense of his exuberant verbal style than his plays or poetry. Mikhail introduces each letter and explains the circumstances in which it was written. He also annotates the letters, elucidating difficulties, noting the location and ownership of the letters whenever possible, and giving biographical information about the correspondents. The Letters of Brendan Behan also includes four poems that appear here for the first time, as well as extracts from early writings never before published. Numerous letters to editors, refused publication because of their outspokenness, are published here for the first time, and others, previously cut or censored, now appear in their original form. For anyone interested in Irish literature or contemporary drama -- and especially for readers and scholars of Behan's work -- The Letters of Brendan Behan is an invaluable collection. 606 $aAuthors, Irish$y20th century$vCorrespondence 615 0$aAuthors, Irish 676 $a822/.914 700 $aBehan$b Brendan$0163645 701 $aMikhail$b E. H$0193338 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910808570303321 996 $aThe letters of Brendan Behan$93939495 997 $aUNINA