Thirteen Stories by Fitz-James O'Brien: The Realm of the Mind
- ISBN-10
- 1611494036
- ISBN-13
- 9781611494037
- Category
- Literary Collections
- Pages
- 210
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-05-18
- Publisher
- University of Delaware
- Author
- Wayne R. Kime
Description
Designed to appeal to both general and specialist readers, this volume presents a group of works by O’Brien (1828-1862), an early innovator in the short story form, that explore one of his special interests–the representation of individual consciousness. All but three of the thirteen stories are reprinted here for the first time
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- 2012
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