The Irish predicament / Brenden O'Hehir, Robert Tracy, and Joan Keefe ; produced by Padraigin McGillicuddy.
Themes and characteristics of Irish writing: preoccupation with death, history, words, non-linear and mythic patterns of thought.|THE IRISH PREDICAMENT / Brenden O'Hehir, Robert Tracy, and Joan Keeffe| produced by Padraigin McGillicuddy. SERIES: Irish Contributions to Englich Literature| no. 1. Professors Brendon O'Hehir, Robert Tracy and Joan Trodden Keeffe establish certain themes and characteristics of Irish writing: preoccupation with history| obsession with the land| preeminance of socio-political concerns| obsession with words| the concept of Ireland as feminine| preoccupation with death| and circular, non-linear, mythic patterns of thinking. Also, Robert Mooney reads John Dillon's essay "Antaeus and Hercules: Some Notes on the Irish Predicament". BROADCAST: KPFA, 1982.