Abstract
During this interlude at the opening of a lazy season, it may be permissible to say something in praise of O’Casey’s remarkable autobiography. It began in 1939 with I Knock at the Door, one of the most inspired books ever written about childhood. In 1942 came the second volume, Pictures in the Hallway, which carried the glorious record of a grubby career through boyhood and early youth. The current volume, Drums under the Windows, and incidentally the least exhilarating of the lot, takes Johnny Casside, or Sean O’Casey, through the wild and harebrained Irish Rebellion and the early years of World War I.
The New York Times (22 Sept. 1946).
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Editor information
Copyright information
© 1982 Brooks Atkinson and Robert G. Lowery
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Atkinson, B. (1982). O’Casey’s Own Story. In: Lowery, R.G. (eds) Sean O’Casey. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-05667-5_38
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-05667-5_38
Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, London
Print ISBN: 978-1-349-05669-9
Online ISBN: 978-1-349-05667-5
eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts CollectionLiterature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)