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Maurice Harmon, Associate Professor of Anglo-Irish Literature and Drama
(Emeritus), English Dept., University College, Dublin (NUI), Belfield,
Dublin 4, Republic of Ireland. Email: maurice.harmon@ucd.ie
Publishing
Record
- University Review, 1966-1970
- Irish University Review a Journal of Irish Studies,
1970-1986
- Poetry Ireland Review, 2001-2002
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Select Bibliography
- Sean OFaolain; A Critical Introduction, 1967;
rev. 1985.
- Modern Irish Literature 1800-1967, 1967
- Fenians and Fenianism, 1968, ed.
- Ed., The Malone Shakespeare 1970-1971
- The Celtic Master, 1969, ed.
- Ed., William Carleton [Traits], 4 vols., 1973,
- The Poetry of Thomas Kinsella, 1974
- Ed., with P. Rafroidi, The Irish Novel in Our Time,
1976
- Richard Murphy: Poet of Two Traditions, 1977, ed.
- Select Bibliography for the Study of Anglo-Irish Literature
and its Backgrounds, 1977
- A Literary Map of Ireland, 1977
- Ed. & intro., Irish Poetry after Yeats., 1978,
1998
- Ed., The Playboy of the Western World, 1978
- Ed., Image and Illusion. Anglo-Irish Literature and its
Contexts, 1979
- with Roger McHugh, History of Anglo-Irish Literature from
its Origins to the Present Day, 1982
- Ed., with Morris Beja, et al., James Joyce. The Centennial
Symposium,1986
- Austin Clarke, A Critical Introduction 1989
- Seán OFaolain, A Life, 1994
- Ed. & intro., No Author Better Served. The Correspondence
between Samuel Beckett and Alan Schneider, 1998
- The Dolmen Press, A Celebration, 2001
- Trans, The Colloquy of the Old Men, 2001
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Poetry Collections
- The Book Of Precedence and Other Poems 1994
- A Stillness at Kiawah, 1996
- The Last Regatta and Other Poems, 2000
- Tales of Death and Other Poems, 2001
- Editor, Poetry Ireland Review, 2001-2002
- External Examiner Poets House 2001-2004
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Translated Editions
- The Hostel at Keshcorran translated from the
Irish, translated into French Le Logis De Keshcorran ou
LEnvouitement des Gaeles by Rene Agostini, Cahier
Numèro 16, Mythes, Croyances et Religions, 1998,
11-18.
- Trans. & intro., The Colloquy of the Old Men:
A Translation of Acallam na Senorach - Stories and Poems, 2001
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Essay Collections
- The Later Poetry of Austin Clarke, in The Celtic
Cross, ed. R. Browne, 1964, 39-55
- New Voices in the Fifties, in Irish Poets in English,
ed. S. Lucy, 1973, 183-207
- Generations Apart: 1920-1975, in The Irish Novel
in Our Time, ed. P. Rafroidi and Harmon, 1976, 49-65
- Cobwebs Before the Wind, in Views of the Irish Peasantry
1800-1916, ed. D. Casey and R. Rhodes, 1977, 129-159
- Beginning with Words, in Richard Murphy. Poet of
Two Traditions, ed.. Harmon, 1978, 118-128
- First Impressions: 1969-1978, in The Irish Short
Story, ed. P. Rafroidi and T. Brown, 1979, 63-77
- General Works, in Recent Research on Anglo-Irish
Writers, ed. R. Finneran, 1983, 1-20
- Richard Murphy, in Dictionary of Literary Biography,
1985, 405-410
- The Era of Inhibitions: Irish Literature 1920-1960, in The
Irish Writer and Society, ed. M. Sekine, 1985, 31-41
- "We pine for ceremony: Ritual and Reality in the Poetry
of Seamus Heaney (1965-1975)", in Studies in Seamus Heaney,
ed. J. Genet, 1987, 47-64; rep. in Seamus Heaney: A Collection
- of Critical Essays, ed. E. Andrews, 1992.
- Definitions of Irishness in Modern Irish Literature,
in Irishness in a Changing Society, ed. Princess Grace Irish
Library, 1988, 45-63
- Pangur Ban and the Scholar Critic, in Literature
and the Art of Creation, ed. R. Welch and S.B. Bushrui, 1988,
33-42
- Francis Stuart in Contemporary Irish Novelists,
ed. Rudiger Imhof, 1990, 9-21
- The Enigma of Samuel Ferguson, in Irish Writers and
Politics, ed. Okifumi Komesu and Masaru Sekine, 1990, 62-79.
- "Move, if you move, like water": The Poetry of Thomas
Kinsella 1972-1990, in Contemporary Irish Poetry: A Collection
of Critical Essays, ed. E. Andrews, 1992, 194-213.
- Mary Lavin: Moralist of the Heart in Ireland and
France. A Bountiful Friendship. Essays in honour of Patrick Rafroidi,
ed. by B. Hayley and C. Murray, 1992, 107-123.
- Ancient Lights in Austin Clarke and Thomas Kinsella
in A Small Nations Contribution to the World: Essays on
Anglo-Irish Literature and Language, ed. Donald Morse,
- Csilla Bertha and Istvan Palffy, 1994, 70-87
- Seamus Heaney et la douce flamme in Le processus
de la creation chez les Ecrivains Irlandais contemporains, ed
Jacqueline Genet, 1994, 37-53; trans. As Seamus Heaney et la
creation poetique, 1995 and Irish Writers and their Creative Processes,
ed. Jacqueline Genet and Wynne Hellegouarch, 1996, 17-29
- Yeats, Austin Clarke and Sean OFaolain in Yeatss
Political Identities, Selected Essays ,ed. Jonathan Allison,
1996, pp. 221-233
- Patrick Kavanaghs Old Peasant in Rural Ireland,
Real Ireland? ed. Jacqueline Genet, op.c it., 1996, 213-222
- Foreword to Patrick Kavanagh: A Reference Guide.
Compiled and edited by Jonathan Allison 1996
- Spaten und Wasserwaage: Seamus Heaneys suche nach Herkunft
und Gleichgewicht in Seamus Heaney Tod eines Naturforschers,
Nobel Preis fur Literatur, 1996, 47-67
- Sean OFaolain: nouvelles de la derniere periode,
in La Nouvelle Irlandaise de Language Anglaise, 1996, ed.
Jacqueline Genet, 77-85
- Sean OFaolain. Man of Ideas,Conference papers
edited by Donatella Abbate Badin, (2001)
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Articles
- Richard Rowan, His Own Scapegoat, James Joyce Quarterly,
111, 1(Fall 1965), 34-40
- Sean OFaolain; "I Have Nobody to Vote For", Studies,
LV1, 221(Spring 1967), 51-60
- By Memory Inspired: Themes and Forces in Recent Irish Writing, Éire-Ireland, 11, 11(Summer 1973), 3-19
- The Poetry of Padraic Fallon, Studies, LX1V,
255(Autumn 1975), 169-281
- Aspects of the Peasantry in Anglo-Irish Literature, Studia Hibernica, XV (1975), 45-62
- Literature and Nationalism in Ireland, Kwartalnik Neofilologiczny,
4(1978), 473-486
- Yeats et la jeune poesie irlandaise, Cahier de LHerne,
1981, 425-437
- The Poetry of Thomas Kinsella 1973-1983, Studies,
LXX11, 185 (Spring 1983), 57-66
- "Where Dwell Our Different Selves": The Poetry of Ewart Milne, Prospice, 14(1983), 63-71
- The Rejection of Yeats: the Case of Clarke and OFaolain, Studies (Autumn 1983), 1-14
- Austin Clarke. Sword of the West (1921, 1936, 1974), Etudes
Irlandaises, 1985, 93-104
- The Making of Sean OFaolain, Studies (Winter 1990),
387-395
- The Chair at UCC, Cork Review. Sean OFaolain
1900-1990 (1991). 35-36
- Anglo-Irish Literature. A Survey of General Works (1),. Etudes Irlandaises, No. XV1 -2 (Decembre 1991), 143-155 (2).
No. XV11-1 (Juin 1992), 157-167.
- Seamus Heaneys Divisions and Allegiances, "Seamus
Heaney Special Issue", Colby Quarterly, (Spring 1994),
7-16.
- Contemporary Irish Poetry, Anglistik & englischunterricht.
Ireland: Literature, Culture, Politics. Band 52 (1994), 17-28.
- The Teeming Air:The Poetry of Louis MacNeice, John Hewitt,
and W.R. Rodgers, in Mythes Croyances et Religions dans
le Monde Anglo-Saxon, Cahier Numero 12 (1994), 107-114.
- Rituale um Tod und Wiedergeburt. Die Dichtung des Iren Seamus
Heaney, Neue Zurcher Zeitung, 28 October 1995, No 251/66
- English Words, Irish Voices, Etudes Irlandaises, No. 21, I (Printemps 1996), pp. I-II
- Tradition et innovation dans la litterature irlandaise, Bretagne des livres, numero 27 (mai 1996)
- The Achievement of Francis Stuart, in "Francis
Stuart Special Issue", Writing Ulster, , No 4 (1996),
19-37
- Keeping his Spirit Up: The later Poetry and Prose of Seamus Heaney,
in Journal of English, Spring 1997
- Conversations with Mary Lavin, Irish University Review, 27,2,
Autumn/Winter 1997
- The Achievement of Austin Clarke, 23,2, Automne, Etudes Irlandaises,
1998, 27-37
- Sean OFaolain in La Nouvelle Irlandaise de Langue Anglaise,
ed Jacqueline Genet, 1996, pp.77-85
- Eavan Boland: The Complex State of the Woman Poet, Womens
Studies Forum, 1998, 3, 105-124
- Approaches to the Study of Anglo-Irish Literature, in The Harp [Tokyo], Spring 1998
- Seamus Heaney. Digger of the Middle Ground. in papers
of Tokyo Iasil-Japan Conference, XV111, The Harp,1998,1-13
- A Note on Paula Meehan, ABEI Journal, Brazil,
1, June, 1999, pp.25-28
- Four Irish Elegies, 17(1999), Mythes, Croyances et
Religions, 29-38
- Sean 0Faolain. A Man before His Time, Cork
Literary Review, VII, 2000, 84-89
- Introduction à sa nouvelle traduction de Acallam na Senorach
[The Colloquy of the Old Men], Mythes, Croyances et Religions,
18 (2000), 13-19
- From Basin Lane to Old Vienna: Place, Transcendence and Counterpoint
in Thomas Kinsella, "Special Thomas Kinsella Issue", Irish University Review, 31,1 (Spring/Summer 2001), 78-94
- A Slowly Twisted Scar: Texture, Theme and Paradox in the Poetry
of Thomas Kinsella, Literary Review Ireland, IX, 2002
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Appointments
- Professor Emeritus Anglo-Irish Literature and Drama, University
College Dublin, 1990
- Professor Anglo-Irish Literature and Drama 1984-1990
- Statutory Lecturer Anglo-Irish Literature and Drama 1975-1984
- Lecturer in English 1965-1974
- Associate Professor of English University of Notre Dame 1963-1965
- Assistant Professor of English Lewis and Clarke College 1958-1963
- Dean Elder Teaching Fellow and Research Assistant Harvard
University 1955-1958
- Distinguished Visiting Professor Ohio tate University 1973-1974
- Visiting Professor University of Washington Seattle 1974
- Visiting Distinguished Scholar Catholic University of America
1983
- John Drinko Professor of Liberal Arts Marshall University
1992
- Burns Library Visiting Scholar in Irish Studies Boston College
1993-94
- Visiting Professor in Irish Studies Trinity College 1996
- Visiting Professor, Kobe College, Japan 1997-98
- Extern Examiner, University of Limerick, 1986-1996
- Extern Examiner Uppsala University, 1999
- Visiting Lecturer or Professor universities in North and South
America, Western and Eastern Europe, and Israel several occasions
since 1965.
- Executive Secretary Swift Tercentenary Committee 1965-67
- Executive Secretary International Association of University
Professors of English, Dublin Conference 1969
- Executive Secretary Synge Centenary Committee 1969-7
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- Secretary Yeats Association 1969-72
- Irish Representative American Committee for Irish Studies
1966-1980
- Organiser Fifth Triennial Conference International Association
for the Study of Anglo-Irish Literature 1982
- Organiser Academic Programme James Joyce Centenary Conference
1982
- Director MPhil in Irish Studies 1982-1990
- Chairman IASIL, 1979-1982. Executive Committee 1970-1980
- Vice-President Royal Irish Academy 1986-89. Member 1976.
- Academic Advisor Princess Grace Irish Library Eirdata, 2000-
- President UNICEF (Ireland) 1982-1990
- European Community Project Coordinator Bethlehem University
1988-1991
- European Community Educational Consultant in Israel 1992
- European Union Project Coordinator Bethlehem University 1993-1998
- Recipient research grants or fellowships from Ford Foundation,
American Philosophical Society, Harvard
- University, University of Notre Dame, University College Dublin,
Royal Irish Academy, British Academy, British Council
- Murray, Christopher (ed.) Serving the Word. Essays and
Poems in Honour of Maurice Harmon 1992
- Preserving the Word. The Maurice Harmon Library: a Catalogue
compiled by Barbara Brown, 1996
- Editor, University Review 1966-1970
- Editor Irish University Review a Journal of Irish Studies
- 1970-1986
- Editor, Poetry Ireland Review, 2001-2002
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