his volume forms part of a continuing initiative by Wayne R. Kime
to make available the writings of Fitz-James O'Brien (1828-1862),
an Irish-American literary man who during his lifetime won
reputation as one of the most talented young authors in the United
States, but who has been all but forgotten since. It follows
Fitz-James O'Brien: Selected Literary Journalism, 1852-1860
(Susquehanna University Press, 2003) and Behind the Curtain:
Selected Fiction of Fitz-James O'Brien (University of Delaware
Press and Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, 2011), both
edited by Kime. Like its predecessors, the volume offers evidence
that "not only for his vivid contemporaneity but also for his
originality, range, and technical skill" (Fitz-James O'Brien:
Selected Literary Journalism, 10), O'Brien's claim to lasting
memory was well justified. Thirteen Stories by Fitz-James O'Brien:
The Realm of Mind presents a group of works that explore one of the
author's special interests, the representation of individual
consciousness. All but three of the stories are reprinted here for
the first time. The works are arranged chronologically, by date of
publication, under five headings: Expanded Faculties ("The Old
Boy," "The Spider's Eye," "Seeing the World"), Induced Visions
("The Hasheesh Eater," "Broadway Bedeviled"), New Knowledge ("Mr.
Grubbe's Night with Memnon," "The Golden Ingot," "How I Overcame My
Gravity"), Love and Hate ("Number 101," "Jubal, the Ringer"), and
Dreams ("A Terrible Night," "The Crystal Bell," "From Hand to
Mouth"). A general introduction, brief introductions to the
individual stories, and explanatory notes complement the reprinted
texts. The volume has been designed to appeal to both general and
specialist readers.
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