last updated 05 July 2006

"By the creaking gate
Now my guests are sped,
I ask pardon for
Every word I said;
Some to please a friend,
Some to praise the State--
A tree in the wind.
Now, maybe too late,
To the stars I cry,
Trembling from head to toe,
'From magic we come,
To magic we go.'"
(Frank O'Connor, 1936)
Frank O'Connor
(Lauren Duffey)
Collected Stories, Frank O'Connor
The Lonely Voice: A Study of the
Short Story, Frank O'Connor


COURSE PROJECTS
due July 26, 2006
(drafts may be submitted up through July 23, 2006)
short story in the manner of
Frank O'Connor, with analysis of that story

NOTES ON O'CONNOR IN & ON IRELAND

RESOURCES

STORIES ONLINE

Common Course Requirements




STORIES ONLINE
"First Confession"
"The Man That Stopped" (1936)
"A Mother's Warning" (1969)
"The Drunkard"