Francis Stuart : Artist and Outcast

by Kiely, Kevin

• ISBN13: 9781905785254
• ISBN10: 1905785259
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-04-15
• Publisher: Dufour Editions

Summary

A biography that considers the philosophical and literary beliefs of one of Ireland's most controversial figures.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
1903-1938
The Australian Tragedy	p. 19
Yeats, Maud Gonne and Iseult	p. 32
Soldier and Poet	p. 47
Pamphlets, Poultry and Mysticism	p. 63
Pilgrim, Novelist, Hedonist	p. 73
Some Early Success	p. 83
Rejection by Gollancz	p. 92
Cape, Collins, Womanising	p. 98
Pre-war Plots	p. 108
1939-1949
German Odyssey	p. 117
Friends, Lovers, a Spy	p. 129
Frank Ryan, Operation Dove	p. 136
Madeleine	p. 142
Irland-Redaktion, Berlin	p. 148
Final Years in Berlin	p. 155
Refugee Couple	p. 167
Prisoners, and a Wife's Turmoil	p. 181
Freiburg Trilogy	p. 190
Gollancz to the Rescue	p. 195
1950-1974
Paris	p. 207
Hard Times in London	p. 214
Return to Ireland	p. 222
Unsettling Times	p. 234
Black List, Section H	p. 242
"Culturally and Morally Subversive"	p. 251
1975-2000
A Hole in the Head	p. 265
US Tour, a New Academy for Artists	p. 272
Loss of the Beloved	p. 282
"Theology Not Philosophy"	p. 288
Paris - Proposal, Dublin - Wedding	p. 295
Last Novel, Public Controversy	p. 302
More Controversy	p. 309
County Clare	p. 318
A New Century	p. 325
Works	p. 331
Select Bibliography	p. 334
Chapter Notes and Sources	p. 340
Index	p. 359
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