Flann O'Brien and the European Avant-Garde 1934-45

<b>Crossing the boundaries of a single-author study this book uncovers Flann O'Brien's attempt to forge a commercially successful Irish literary project from international avant-garde influences.</b><br/><b><br/></b>Situating O'Brien's early work within a global context the book uses new evidence of his collaborations to reimagine him as a networked writer. O'Brien drew upon experimental techniques to generate new categories of writing rethink Irish culture and reach a wide audience. This study illuminates a network of cultural production around O'Brien linking his work to English comic magazines Dadaist photomontage Expressionism Central European theatre and renowned writers like Jorge Luis Borges and Franz Kafka.<br/><br/>By re-examining Flann O'Brien within the context of the momentous global political and cultural crises that spurred avant-garde experimentation the book also rewrites the cultural history of Ireland in the 1930s and 1940s.