Frank O'Connor was a most pains-taking writer, sometimes taking up to ten years to revise and polish a story. This book attempts to examine the process and tries to reveal something about O'Connor's perception of this craft and the environment from which his art emerged. The book includes much previously unknown and unpublished material, providing new insights into "First Confession", "Judas", "The Genius", "Orpheus and his Lute", "The Little Mother", and other stories. Michael Steinman is also author of "Yeat's Heroic Figures - Wilde, Parnell, Swift, Casement".
- ISBN10 0333490266
- ISBN13 9780333490266
- Publish Date 27 April 1990 (first published 1 January 1990)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 14 September 1995
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 184
- Language English