Maeve Brennan, The Springs of Affection: Stories of Dublin

Dolores McLoughlin (Trinity College Dublin)
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The Springs of Affection: Stories of Dublin

is comprised of three cycles of stories published in 1997. With the exception of “The Poor Men and Women” (1952), which was printed in

Harper’s Bazaar

, all the stories originally appeared in

The New Yorker

, and were later published in two collections,

In and Out of Never-Never Land

(1969) and

Christmas Eve

(1974). The title story, “The Springs of Affection”, is considered “in form, if not quite in length, a novella” and is regarded as one of the finest stories Maeve Brennan ever wrote (Maxwell 1997: 10). In this collection, Brennan who grew up in Dublin, draws on her deep familiarity with the socio-cultural character of early-twentieth century urban and rural Ireland, to trace the conditions of early independence and its effects on…

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Citation: McLoughlin, Dolores. "The Springs of Affection: Stories of Dublin". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 15 August 2011 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=33499, accessed 29 March 2024.]

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