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Vivian Mercier (1919–1989)

Author of Great Irish Short Stories

10+ Works 302 Members 1 Review

About the Author

Includes the names: ed. Vivian Mercier, VIVIAN MERCIER (EDITOR), Vivien Mercier (edited by), David H. Vivian; Greene Mercier

Works by Vivian Mercier

Great Irish Short Stories (1964) — Editor; Introduction — 150 copies

Beckett/Beckett (1977) 49 copies

1000 Years of Irish Prose: The Literary Revival (1952) — Editor — 42 copies

The Irish Comic Tradition (1962) 32 copies

The New Novel: From Queneau to Pinget (1971) 14 copies, 1 review

Classic Irish Short Stories (1999) 7 copies

Modern Irish Literature: Sources and Founders (1994) 4 copies

1000 Years of Irish Prose, Vol. 1: The Literary Revival (Classic Reprint) (2017) 2 copies

"In the Wake of the Fianna: Some Additions and Corrections to Glasheen and a Footnote or Two to Atherton" 1 copy

Becket/Becket 1 copy

Associated Works

James Joyce: Two Decades of Criticism (1948) — Contributor — 22 copies

Tagged

1906-1989 ; Criticism and interpretation (2) 20th century (3) Anglo-Irish literature (1) anthology (15) bardic (1) Beckett (7) biography (5) criticism (7) drama (2) English literature (2) fiction (21) finnegans wake criticism (1) French (2) French literature (2) Ireland (24) Ireland V5 (1) Irish (14) Irish fiction (3) Irish Fiction & Drama & Poems & Literature & Sagas (2) Irish History (1) Irish literature (21) Irish studies (1) joyce criticism (2) literary criticism (7) Literary Criticism - M (1) literature (14) Literature Ireland (2) Manners and customs (2) non-fiction (7) nouveau roman (1) paper (2) prose (4) Samuel (2) Samuel Beckett (3) satire (1) short stories (27) short story (2) theatre (2) to-read (2) Wit and humor (1)

Common Knowledge

Birthdate: 1919
Date of death: 1989-11-04
Gender: male
Nationality: Ireland
Birthplace: Clara, County Offaly, Ireland
Place of death: London, England, UK
Places of residence: Clara, County Offaly, Ireland (birth)
Dublin, Ireland
Colorado, USA
California, USA
Education: Trinity College, Dublin
Portora School, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Ireland
Occupations: professor (English)
literary critic
Relationships: Dillon, Eilis (wife)
Organizations: University of Colorado, Boulder
University of California, Santa Barbara
City University of New York

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The new novel from Queneau to Pinget by Vivian Mercier

y, dj
First Edition, minor wear on dust jacket- small tear at top of spine, no inscription, no markings inside

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Associated Authors

David H. Greene Editor

James Joyce Contributor

Muirchu Maccu Mactheni Contributor

Padraic O'Conaire Contributor

E. E Somerville Contributor

Michael McLaverty Contributor

Patrick Kennedy Contributor

Martin Ross Contributor

Seumas O'Kelly Contributor

Lennox Robinson Contributor

Gerald Joseph Griffin Contributor

Lynn Doyle Contributor

Daniel Corkery Contributor

William Carleton Contributor

Bryan MacMahon Contributor

Douglas Hyde Contributor

Samuel Beckett Contributor

Mary Lavin Contributor

James Plunkett Contributor

Seán O'Faoláin Contributor

Lady Gregory Contributor

George Moore Contributor

Liam O'Flaherty Contributor

James Stephens Contributor

Frank O'Connor Contributor

John Millington Synge Contributor

Brian Friel Contributor

W. B. Yeats Contributor

Isabella Augusta Contributor

Eilís Dillon Editor

Statistics

Works: 10
Also by: 1
Members: 302
Popularity: #77,842
Rating: 3.8

Reviews: 1
ISBNs: 20

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