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Three publications by SMENOS on the writings of Canon Sheehan of Doneraile

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The Collected Letters of Canon Sheehan of Doneraile 
1883-1913

This collection of the letters of Canon Sheehan of  Doneraile consists of 293 letters, drawn principally from  three  archival sources: the Sheehan papers in the archive of the  Presentation  Sisters, Southern Province; the Russell papers in the archive of the  Irish Province of the Jesuit Fathers; and the Heuser  papers in the  Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Centre,  Overbrook,  Philadelphia.

The collection affords  a rare  insight into the personality, character and outlook of a  significant  contributor to the literary renouveau catholique in English;  it tracks  the historic evolution of several of his novels and other  writings and it illuminates the philosophical, theological and literary  concerns of  the Catholic intelligentsia across the three decades  preceding the  First World War. 



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Canon Sheehan of Doneraile 1852-1913 
Outlines for a Literary Biography


As a preliminary for a more extensive literary biography, this book traces the broad outlines of Canon Sheehan’s literary oeuvre which encompasses not only novels, for which he is best remembered, but also poetry, essays, lectures, sermons and short stories. It sketches the historical religious and socio-political contexts in which it evolved not only in Ireland but, more importantly, in the wider intellectual world of the Catholic Church in Europe and in the United States during the last decades before the Great War. 

A short biography, incorporating as much as possible of available recent scholarship, precedes an analysis of Canon Sheehan’s literary works chronologically classified according to literary genres and themes. It also incorporates an account of the main language translations into which his oeuvre was rendered, an extensive bibliography of Canon Sheehan’s publications and a bibliography of publications about Canon Sheehan.



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Revisiting Canon Sheehan of Doneraile 1852–1913 Author  •  Activist  •  Priest 
edited by Gabriel Doherty

This book began as a series of papers read at a two day conference held in University College Cork in April 2013, marking the centenary of the death of Canon Sheehan of Doneraile,  prolific author, activist and priest.  They illustrate two salient features of the life and work of a remarkably gifted and cultured person: The first is the emphasis upon the individual, and the unique nature of personal experience, which  was such a hallmark of his literary output, reflecting many contemporary political, philosophical, literary and religious concerns. The other is the truly international, indeed global, reach of Canon Sheehan’s output, which was catholic as well as Catholic in its appeal. It is difficult to find many other Irish authors of the last century who come even remotely close to this type of international popularity.



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