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Printer's Errors
This book discusses the nature and consequences of printer's errors, and their impact on the reception and interpretation of literary works. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
154 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1922
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About the author
Eimar O'Duffy
17books3followersIt can sometimes seem that Eimar O’Duffy (1893-1935) is most remembered for being a forgotten writer. John Hogan begins his slim 1972 biography of O’Duffy with the line “Eimar Ultan O’Duffy is virtually a forgotten writer�, then quotes Vivian Mercier’s 1946 essay on O’Duffy: “The late Eimar O’Duffy . . . was simply ignored.�
O'Duffy, of Anglo-Irish stock, became a captain in the Irish Volunteers and was sent by Eoin MacNeill, along with Bulmer Hobson, to stop the 1916 insurrection in Belfast. He wrote a wide variety of books and plays, but it is the Cuanduine trilogy that is his great achievement. King Goshawk and the Birds is the first part of the trilogy and is an important landmark in the Irish comic novel tradition.
(From the Irish Times)
O'Duffy, of Anglo-Irish stock, became a captain in the Irish Volunteers and was sent by Eoin MacNeill, along with Bulmer Hobson, to stop the 1916 insurrection in Belfast. He wrote a wide variety of books and plays, but it is the Cuanduine trilogy that is his great achievement. King Goshawk and the Birds is the first part of the trilogy and is an important landmark in the Irish comic novel tradition.
(From the Irish Times)
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December 8, 2018
«Ошибки печатника» � второй роман Эймара О’Дафф�, он знаменует собой некоторый переход от тяжеловесного критического реализма первого романа к последующей сатирической трилогии (и далее к совсем легким детективам 30-х годов). Реалистичен, конечно, � но еще и смешон местами, лукав и написан гораздо воздушнее. По сути, это комедия манер и сатира на дублинское общество перед Великой войной и при ее начале: Ирландское возрождение, Гэльская лига, ирландские добровольцы, театральный бум, рассадник поэтов � вот это все показано изнутри умеренно светского общества через историю незадачливого 46-летнего предпринимателя, который решает влюбиться и взбунтоваться против своих квадратных детей, один из которых считает себя сверхчеловеком. Все в итоге заканчивается хорошо, все оказываются человеческими людьми, и даже любовная интрига разруливается с приятностью. Пираты, сокровище и необитаемый остров там тоже есть.
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