{"product_id":"flann-obrien-and-the-european-avantgarde-193445-9781350415874","title":"Flann OBrien and the European AvantGarde 193445","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCrossing the boundaries of a single-author study, this book rediscovers Flann O'Brien's attempt to synthesise a commercially successful Irish literary project from international avant-garde influences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlacing the early work of Flann O'Brien - just as experimental and yet aimed explicitly at achieving a wide readership - into a global context, this book uses the new evidence of his collaborations to refigure O''Brien as a networked writer who drew on experimental techniques to produce new categories of writing with the aim of rethinking Irish culture and delivering a commercially successful project. It reveals a network of Irish cultural production around him that draws on diverse sources such as English comic magazines, Dadaist photomontage, Expressionism and Central European theatre, as well as on well-known writers such as Jorge Luis Borges and Franz Kafka. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy rethinking Flann O'Brien in this way, the book also rewrites the cultural history of Ireland in the\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53187310846295,"sku":"9781350415874","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/flann-obrien-and-the-european-avantgarde-193445-9781350415874","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}