Passion and Cunning - and Other Essays (Paperback, Main)

Conor Cruise O'Brien's brilliant and hugely controversial 1965 essay on the political convictions of W. B. Yeats is the title-piece for this superb 1988 collection of pieces on politics, religion, nationalism and terrorism. 'O'Brien is a man of strong views, and he writes with verve and wit. Agree with him or not, one reads him with enjoyment.' Foreign Affairs '[Passion and Cunning] displays once again [O'Brien's] wonderful range of talents: a beautiful command of the language, gentle wit and coruscating satire, shrewd political judgment and a raking critical power. O'Brien is, moreover, a critic against all-comers, his spiky guns pointing in all directions: woe betide anyone incautious enough to presume that O'Brien is on their 'side'. . . O'Brien believes in all manner of good causes, but his own independence is finally what he cares about most.' R. W. Johnson, London Review of Books

General

Imprint:	Faber and Faber
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2015
Authors:	Conor Cruise O'Brien
Introduction by:	Oliver Kamm
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	384
Edition:	Main
ISBN-13:	978-0-571-32500-9
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General
LSN:	0-571-32500-9
Barcode:	9780571325009

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