Irish Writers and The New Yorker in the Mid-Twentieth Century

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Benedict Kiely
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cultural history research
editorial relationships
Edna O'Brien
Elizabeth Bowen
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Irish authors in American magazines
Irish Literature
Irish writers
John McGahern
literary archives
periodical studies
The New Yorker
transatlantic publishing
twentieth century literature

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  • ISBN 9781041036654
  • Weight: 350g
  • Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
  • Publication Date: 23 Jan 2026
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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Irish Writers and The New Yorker in the Mid-Twentieth Century draws on archival research in the New Yorker records to uncover the contractual details of the first-reading agreement, The New Yorker’s “fat” payments, and Irish writers’ relationships with their editors and peers. The book offers fresh readings of the Irish stories in the publishing context of the magazine. The Irish writers examined in this book include celebrated authors, Elizabeth Bowen, Edna O’Brien, Benedict Kiely, and John McGahern. It also includes Irish and Irish-American writers whose literary works are lesser known today: Patricia Collinge, Walter Macken, Norah Hoult, and Elizabeth Cullinan. Combining the methodologies of archival research and periodical studies, this book tells the cultural history of Irish writers’ connections with one of America’s most influential publications, contributing to a better understanding of the transatlantic and commercial dimensions of Irish literature in the mid-twentieth century. This is an informative research survey for students and scholars in Irish literature and periodical studies.

The Introduction and Chapter 1 of this book are freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) 4.0 International license.

Yen-Chi Wu is Assistant Professor, Department of Foreign Languages and Literature, Tunghai University, Taiwan. He completed his PhD in English, University College Cork, Ireland.

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