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Passion and Cunning: and Other Essays
Paperback
Main Details
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Passion and Cunning: and Other Essays
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Conor Cruise O'Brien
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Introduction by Oliver Kamm
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback | | Pages:384 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129 |
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| Category/Genre | Literary essays |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780571325009
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| Classifications | Dewey:201.72 |
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| Audience | | General | | Tertiary Education (US: College) | | Professional & Vocational | |
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| Edition |
Main
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Faber & Faber
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| Imprint |
Faber & Faber
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| Publication Date |
16 April 2015 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Conor Cruise O'Brien's brilliant and hugely controversial 1965 essay on the political convictions of W. B. Yeats is the title-piece for this superb 1988 collection of pieces on politics, religion, nationalism and terrorism. 'O'Brien is a man of strong views, and he writes with verve and wit. Agree with him or not, one reads him with enjoyment.' Foreign Affairs '[Passion and Cunning] displays once again [O'Brien's] wonderful range of talents: a beautiful command of the language, gentle wit and coruscating satire, shrewd political judgment and a raking critical power. O'Brien is, moreover, a critic against all-comers, his spiky guns pointing in all directions: woe betide anyone incautious enough to presume that O'Brien is on their 'side'. . . O'Brien believes in all manner of good causes, but his own independence is finally what he cares about most.' R. W. Johnson, London Review of Books
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