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Patrick Kavanagh and the Leader
Pat Walsh
其他書名
The Poet, the Politician and the Libel Trial
出版Mercier Press Ltd, 2010
主題Biography & Autobiography / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / GeneralBiography & Autobiography / Literary FiguresBiography & Autobiography / PoliticalHistory / Europe / WesternHistory / Europe / Great Britain / GeneralHistory / Europe / IrelandHistory / Social HistoryLaw / DefamationLiterary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, WelshPoetry / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
ISBN18563566479781856356640
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=QtEj5v_UcqsC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋One of the most traumatic episodes in the poet Patrick Kavanagh's life was played out in public over two weeks in February 1954. By suing The Leader magazine for defamation, Kavanagh initiated a sensational courtroom showdown with John A. Costello, noted barrister and twice Taoiseach of Ireland.The country was electrified as Costello's masterful, relentless cross-examination dissected Kavanagh's public and private life, and revealed the tensions within Dublin's literary circle in the 1950s. When Kavanagh took the case against The Leader he could not have anticipated either the furore it would cause, or that the strain of the trial would shatter his considerable confidence and damage his health.Pat Walsh is originally from Mayo, but lives and works in D�n Laoghaire. He is the author of The Curious Case of the Mayo Librarian.