The Collected Stories of Frank O'Connor

Bibliography

Short story collections

  • Guests of the Nation (1931), including the famous title story.
  • Bones of Contention (1936), including the story "The Majesty of Law", a short story adapted as an episode of the 1957 film The Rising of the Moon.
  • Crab Apple Jelly (1944)
  • The Common Chord (1947)
  • Traveller's Samples (1951), including the classic story "First Confession".
  • The Stories of Frank O'Connor (1952), including the first publication of perhaps his most popular story "My Oedipus Complex".
  • More Stories by Frank O'Connor (1954)
  • Domestic Relations (1957)
  • A Set of Variations (1969)
  • The Cornet Player Who Betrayed Ireland (1981)
  • The Collected Stories (Edited by Richard Ellmann) (1981)
  • The Collar: Stories of Irish Priests (1993)
  • A Frank O'Connor Reader (1994)

Novels

  • The Saint and Mary Kate (1932)
  • Dutch Interior (1940)

Autobiography

  • O'Connor, Frank (1961). An only child. London: Macmillan.
  • — (1968). My father's son. London: Macmillan.

Poetry

  • Three Old Brothers and Other Poems (1936)

Poetry from the Irish

  • The Wild Bird's Nest (1932)
  • Lords and Commons, Translations from the Irish (1938)
  • Lament for Art O'Leary (1940)
  • The Midnight Court (1945)
  • Kings, Lords, and Commons (1959)
  • The Little Monasteries (1963)

Irish history

  • The Big Fellow, biography of Michael Collins (1937)

Travel writing

  • Irish Miles (1947)
  • Leinster, Munster and Connaught (1950)

Criticism

  • The Road to Stratford (1948; revised edition published in 1960–61 in the US as Shakespeare's Progress)
  • The Mirror in the Roadway: A Study of the Modern Novel (1956)
  • The Lonely Voice: A Study of the Short Story (1962)
  • The Backward Look: A Survey of Irish Literature (1967; published in the US as A Short History of Irish Literature: A Backward Look)

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