Marie Arndt, Select Bibliography of Seán O’Faoláin: Criticism

 Numerous inconsistencies are to be found in existing bibliographies of bibliographies of Seán O’Faoláin, especially as regards the vol./no. details of his contributions to The Bell. The following listing taken from Marie Arndt, A Critical Study of Sean O’Faolain’s Life and Work (NY & Lampeter, Wales: Edwin Mellen Press 2001), with the permission of the author. The bibliographical format of the original has been largely retained.

Criticism on Seán O’Faoláin

Selection of reviews of Sean O’Faolain’s work (chronological order)
  • O’Connor, Frank. Review of Midsummer Night Madness and Other Stories, by Sean O’Faolain. Dublin Magazine, April -June 1932, 86-87.
  • Adams, Donald J., “A Fine Novel Out of Ireland”, Review of A Nest of Simple Folk, Seán O’Faoláin. New York Times, 7 Jan. 1934, Sect. 5: 1.
  • Review of A Nest of Simple Folk, by Sean O’Faolain. Irish Book Lover, Nov.-Dec. 1933, 143-44.
  • Cantwell, Robert, “Poet of the Irish Revolution”, Review of Midsummer Night Madness and Other Stories and A Nest of Simple Folk, by Sean O’Faolain. New Republic, 24 Jan. 1934, 313-14.
  • Flaccus, Kimball, “The Seeds of Revolution”, Review of A Nest of Simple Folk, by Sean O’Faolain. Saturday Review of Literature, 6 Jan. 1934, 391.
  • Review of Constance Markievicz, by Sean O’Faolain. Irish Book Lover, Nov.-Dec. 1934, 138.
  • Review of Bird Alone, by Sean O’Faolain. Irish Book Lover, July-Aug. 1936, 96.
  • Reid, Forrest. Review of Bird Alone, by Sean O’Faolain. Ireland To-Day, Aug. 1936, 81.
  • Fallon, Padraic. Review of Bird Alone, Sean O’Faolain. Dublin Magazine, Oct.-Dec. 1936, 90-91.
  • Sheehy, Edward, Review of The Autobiography of Wolfe Tone, by Sean O’Faolain. Ireland To-Day, June 1937, 80.
  • O’Hegarty, P.S., Review of The Autobiography of Wolfe Tone, abridged and edited by Sean O’Faolain. Dublin Magazine, July-Sept. 1937, 85.
  • Review of A Purse of Coppers, by Sean O’Faolain. Irish Book Lover, July-Dec. 1937, 110.
  • Review of King of the Beggars, by Sean O’Faolain. Irish Book Lover, Nov.-Dec. 1938, 71-72.
  • Review of She Had to Do Something, by Sean O’Faolain. Irish Book Lover, Jan.-Feb. 1939, 93-94.
  • Review of The Silver Branch, edited by Sean O’Faolain. Irish Book Lover, Sept. 1939, 144.
  • de Blacam, Aodh, Review of An Irish Journey, by Sean O’Faolain. Irish Monthly, Aug. 1940, 461-62.
  • Bowen, Elizabeth, Review of Come Back to Erin, by Sean O’Faolain. The Bell, Dec. 1940, 87, 89.
  • Mattingly, Garrett, “O’Neil[sic] - Great as Talker or Fighter”, Review of The Great O’Neill, by Sean O’Faolain. Saturday Review of Literature, 24 Oct. 1942, 32.
  • Review of The Great O’Neill, by Sean O’Faolain. The Bell, March 1943, 125-27.
  • Review of The Great O’Neill, by Sean O’Faolain. Studies 32 (1943): 125-27.
  • Curtis, Edmund, Review of The Great O’Neill, by Sean O’Faolain. The Bell, April 1943, 66-68.
  • de Blacam, Aodh, “If I Were the Minister”, Review of The Great O’Neill, by Sean O’Faolain. Irish Monthly, April 1943, 165-67.
  • MacManus, Francis, Review of The Great O’Neill, by Sean O’Faolain. Dublin Magazine, April -June 1943, 65-66.
  • Fox, R.M. Review of I Did Penal Servitude, by D 8322. Foreword by Sean O’Faolain. Dublin Magazine, April -June 1946, 60-61.
  • Saroyan, William, “The Unholy Word”, Review of Teresa and Other Stories, by Sean O’Faolain. The Bell, Oct. 1947, 33-37.
  • Wolfe, Ann F, “The Devil’s Work”, Review of The Man Who Invented Sin, by Sean O’Faolain. Saturday Review of Literature, 22 Jan. 1949, 17.
  • MacMahon, Bryan, Review of The Short Story, by Sean O’Faolain. Irish Writing, Feb. 1949, 80-81.
  • Review of The Short Story, by Sean O’Faolain. Irish Book Lover, March 1949, 18.
  • O’Hearn, Walter, “The Irish Character”, Review of The Irish, by Sean O’Faolain. Commonweal, 28 Oct. 1949, 64-67.
  • Hughes, Serge. Review of A Summer in Italy, by Sean O’Faolain. Commonweal 26 May 1950, 180.
  • Figgis, R.R., Review of A Summer in Italy, by Sean O’Faolain. The Bell, Oct. 1951, 70-72.
  • Review of Newman’s Way, by Sean O’Faolain. Dublin Magazine, Jan.-March 1953, 59-60.
  • Lynch, Patrick, “O’Faolain’s Way”, Review of Newman’s Way, by Sean O’Faolain. The Bell, March 1953, 628-31.
  • Rago, Henry, “How to be a Foreigner”, Review of An Autumn in Italy, by Sean O’Faolain. Commonweal, 9 Oct.1953, 15-17.
  • Kelly, John C., Review of The Vanishing Hero, by Sean O’Faolain. Studies 46 (1957): 119-21.
  • Gregory, Horace, “Imaginative Tales”, Review of The Finest Stories of Sean O’Faolain, by Sean O’Faolain. Saturday Review, 25 May 1957, 15-16.
  • Farrell, James T., “A Harvest of O’Faolain”, Review of The Finest Stories of Sean O’Faolain, by Sean O’Faolain. New Republic, 17 June 1957 19-20.
  • Finn, James, “High Standards and High Achievements”, Review of The Finest Stories of Sean O’Faolain, by Sean O’Faolain. Commonweal, 26 July 1957, 428-29.
  • Clancy, Joseph, “O’Faolain in Two Roles”, Review of The Finest Stories of Sean O’Faolain, by Sean O’Faolain. America, 28 Sept. 1957, 680-82.
  • McDonnell, Thomas P. Review of the Vanishing Hero, by Sean O’Faolain. America 28 Sept. 1957, 682-84.
  • Dempsey, David, “The Sleeping Dogs of Memory”, Review of I Remember! I Remember!, by Sean O’Faolain. Saturday Review of Literature, 6 Jan. 1962, 66-67.
  • Dooley, Roger B., “When the Dawn Came up in Erin”, Review of Vive Moi!, by Sean O’Faolain. Saturday Review of Literature, 26 Sept. 1964, 44.
  • Boland, Eavan, Review of Vive Moi!, by Sean O’Faolain. Dublin Magazine, Autumn-Winter 1965, 101-2.
  • Martin, Augustine, Review of Vive Moi!, by Sean O’Faolain. Studies, 54 (1965): 439-41.
  • Harmon, Maurice, “Recent Irish Fiction”, Review of The Heat of the Sun, by Sean O’Faolain. Dublin Magazine, Spring 1967, 75-78.
  • ____, Review of Bird Alone, by Sean O’Faolain. Irish University Review 4.2 (1974):
  • 295.
  • Gaiser, Carolyn, “Life in Reverse”, Review of And Again?, by Sean O’Faolain. New York Times Book Review,17 Sept. 1989, 18.
  • Gillespie, Michael Patrick, “No, not Again”, Review of And Again?, by Sean O’Faolain. Irish Literary Supplement Spring (1990): 19.
  • Healey, Dermot, “Cantankerous victim of his own contempt”, Review of Vive Moi!, by Sean O’Faolain, edited by Julia O’Faolain. Daily Telegraph, 4 June 1994, 10.
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    General Commentary & Background
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