Fitz-James O'Brien As Microscopist In a short life of 33 years, FitzJames O'Brien (1828-1862) established himselfas a competent and imaginative writer, and was in fact something of an http://members.aol.com/Hbronstein/index/fobmic.htm
Extractions: In a short life of 33 years, Fitz-James O'Brien (1828-1862) established himself as a competent and imaginative writer, and was in fact something of an innovator in the frenetic and economically perilous literary life of his day. Some have placed him as the best American writer of short stories between Poe (1809 -1849) and Bret Harte (1836-1902), and he was certainly admired by his literary colleagues. His work, at its best, stands for itself. The Diamond Lens could be used as a texbook example of the application of Poe's Philosophy of Composition , with which O'Brien would have had to be familiar: a carefully-crafted tone, an economical style in which few superfluities of language can be detected, and a slow accelerando of pace to a denouement which is inevitable from the beginning, yet still riveting. Crucial to the success of the story is the blending of hard fact with extreme fantasy, the juxtaposition of technology and mysticism, a convincing and "scientific" setting against which is played an unworldly romance. The story was well received by public and critics, and established O'Brien as a lion of literary New York. It is important to remember that the impact on fiction-writing and public taste of Poe's detective stories and his stories dealing with the outre was only beginning to be felt. Critics who cite O'Brien's style as "florid" and "naive when it is not a little pompous and literary" should perhaps give more consideration to the cultural context of the work; the same can be said of Poe even more. Consider, too, that in the literary circles of the time, one wrote for the admiration of one's literary friends as well as for that of the public.
Extractions: O f his life in Ireland and England very little is known. The available facts are so sketchy they do not include the names of his parents, while the tributes of his later friends contain statements that are sometimes contradictory. It has been established that Fitz-James O'Brien was born in County Limerick, Ireland on December 31, 1828. It is known is that he was an only child. His father was a lawyer or county coroner or somehow both and died when Fitz was about twelve. Whatever the father's occupation, he was successful, leaving a patrimony said to have been £8,000. Fitz's mother, described as "a lady of remarkable beauty," did not remarry for "a considerable time" though "when O'Brien was still a lad." Fitz was educated at Trinity College, Dublin though "not in any profession." After college, around 1849, he went to London, where in the space of two and one half years he managed two remarkable achievements. First, he "squandered" his entire inheritance. But he was not idle, for he also published "a large number of poems, stories, and articles" in Irish, Scottish, and English periodicals. Thus O'Brien's Bohemian reputation was forecast; and thus illustrated the devil-may-care attitude by which he lived and died. Other "facts" are dubious. He may also have edited a periodical devoted to the World's Fair. He claimed to have been in the English Army, but this has not been corroborated. He later referred to "one true love" he had known in Britain, who may have been a woman married to an English officer; she, he said, "marred his life" and he said he "could never love again." One published work from this period has been identified perhaps. The story "An Arabian Nightmare," published anonymously in Charles Dickens'
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Fitz-James O'BrienA Brief Biography And Bibliography Of The Writings Of Fitz-Jam FitzJames O'Brien page at The Literary Gothic, the web's premier guide to Gothic and supernaturalist literature written prior to 1950 O'Brien, Fitz-James. 1828 - 1862. Irish-born poet, journalist, and short-story writer who emigrated to America in 1852; O'Brien http://www.creative.net/~alang/lit/horror/fob.sht
Extractions: C alled "a Poe in the minor mode" and "the preeminent writer of supernatural stories of his time," Fitz-James O'Brien is best remembered for two or three widely anthologized stories that border on science fiction and for a supernatural poem. Mullen's caricature of Fitz-James O'Brien recruiting for the Union Army
Fitz-James O'Brien FitzJames O'Brien (1828-1862) Called a Poe in the minor mode and the preeminent writer of supernatural stories of his time, Fitz http://members.aol.com/Hbronstein/index/fob.htm
Extractions: C alled "a Poe in the minor mode" and "the preeminent writer of supernatural stories of his time," Fitz-James O'Brien is best remembered for two or three widely anthologized stories that border on science fiction and a poem that classifies as supernatural. Of his life in Ireland and England very little is known. The available facts are so sketchy they do not include the names of his parents, while the tributes of his later friends contain statements that are sometimes contradictory. It has been established that Fitz-James O'Brien was born in County Limerick, Ireland on December 31, 1828. It is known is that he was an only child. His father was a lawyer or county coroner or somehow both and died when Fitz was about twelve. Whatever the father's occupation, he was successful, leaving a patrimony said to have been £8,000. Fitz's mother, described as "a lady of remarkable beauty," did not remarry for "a considerable time" though "when O'Brien was still a lad." Fitz was educated at Trinity College, Dublin though "not in any profession." After college, around 1849, he went to London, where in the space of two and one half years he managed two remarkable achievements. First, he "squandered" his entire inheritance. But he was not idle, for he also published "a large number of poems, stories, and articles" in Irish, Scottish, and English periodicals. Thus O'Brien's Bohemian reputation was forecast; and thus illustrated the devil-may-care attitude by which he lived and died.
Bibliographies De SF... O'Brien, Fitz James (18281862) anglo-américain Le Roman Titre Année Édition La Nouvelle Titre Année Édition http://www.scifi.ovh.org/SF/Obri.htm
Authors Of American Verse Newell, Robert Henry (18361901). O'Brien, Fitz-James (1828-1862). Oakes, Urian (c.1631-1681) http://www.hti.umich.edu/english/amverse/authlist.html
Extractions: Adams, Henry (1838-1918) Adams, John (1704-1740) Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848) Alcott, Amos Bronson (1799-1888) Aldrich, Thomas Bailey (1836-1907) Alger, Jr., Horatio (1832-1899) Allen, Elizabeth Akers (1832-1911 ) Allen, James (1739-1808) Allen, Paul (1784-1826) Allston, Washington (1779-1843) Alsop, George (1636-1673?) Arthur, T. S. (1809-1885) Barlow, Joel (1754-1812) Bates, Katharine Lee (1859-1929) Beadle, Samuel Alfred (1857-1932) Belknap, Jeremy (1744-1798) Bell, James Madison (1826-1902) Benjamin, Park (1809-1864) Benjamin, Robert C. O. (1855-1900) Bibb, Eloise A. (1878-1927) Bierce, Ambrose (1842-1914) Blackson, Lorenzo Dow (b.1817) Bland, James A. (1854-1911) Bleeker, Ann Eliza (1752-1783) Blood, Benjamin Paul (1832-1919) Bodman, Manoah (1765-1850) Boker, George Henry (1823-1890) Botta, Anne C. Lynch (1815-1891) Boyesen, Hjalmar Hjorth (1848-1895) Brackenridge, Hugh Henry (1748-1816) Bradford, William (1590-1657) Bradstreet, Anne (1612 or 1613-1672) Brainard, John Gardiner Calkins (1796-1828) >Braithwaite, William Stanley (1878-1962)
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Stories, Listed By Author O'Brien, (Michael) FitzJames (1828-1862) The Child That Loved aGrave, (ss) Harper's Apr, 1861 The Graveyard Reader, ed. Groff http://contento.best.vwh.net/s166.html
Extractions: Previous Table-of-Contents NUETZEL, CHARLES (books) (continued) Preface, (pr) Royal Lesson, (vi) A Very Cultured Taste [as by George Frederic], (ss), 1960 Word to the Wise, (vi) The World That WOMB Made, (ss) NURSE, PATRICIA NUSSBAUM, ALBERT F(rancis) A Left-Handed Profession, (ss) AHMM Nov '75; also as "The Counterfeit Conman". NUTT, CHARLES
Index Stories, Listed By Author, Part 9 19181944); O'Brien, (Michael) Fitz-James (1828-1862); O'Brien, JOHN;OBTULOWICZ, MAREK; O'BYRNE, ELAINE; O'CONNELL, MATTHEW J., trans. O http://contento.best.vwh.net/q9.html
Extractions: Previous Table-of-Contents MORGAN, CHRIS MORGAN, CYNTHIA ... MORPHETT, TONY ; [i.e., Anthony David Morphett] (1938- ) MORRELL, DAVID (Bernard) MORRESSY, JOHN MORRILL, ROWENA MORRIS, GOUVERNEUR ... MORRIS, RALPH ; pseudonym MORRIS, SCOT MORRIS, SUSAN MORRIS, VIC MORRIS, WILLIAM ... MORRISON, WILLIAM ; pseudonym of Joseph Samachson MORRISS, MACK MORROW, GRAY ; [i.e., Dwight Graydon Morrow] (1934- ) MORROW, W(illiam) C(hambers) MORTLOCK, BILL ; pseudonym MORTON, ELIZABETH MOSIG, DIRK W(alter) MOSKOWITZ, SAM(uel Martin) MOSKOWITZ, SAM(uel Martin) : "Psycho"-logical Bloch MOUDY, WALTER F(rank) MOURAVEC, HANS P. MOWSHOWITZ, ABBE MOZHEIKO, IGOR VASEVELODOVICH ; see pseudonym Kirill Bulychev MROZEK, SLAWOMIR MUDDERSNOOK, BLYDE ; pseudonym MUDFORD, WILLIAM MUDGETT, HERMAN W. ; pseudonym of William A. P. White MUIR, EDWIN MULHOLLAND, ROSA MULISCH, HARRY ... MUNOZ, CHARLES C. (1926- ); see pseudonym T. P. Caravan MUNRO, H(ector) H(ugh) (1870-1916); see pseudonym Saki MUNRO, JOHN
O O'Brien, (Michael) FitzJames (1828-1862) The Wondersmith, Atlantic MonthlyOct, 1859 A Csodakovács , Galaktika Feb '88, ford. Gyáros Erzsébet. http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Dunes/1891/O.html
Extractions: O'BRIEN, (Michael) FITZ-JAMES O'BYRNE, ELAINE O'DONOGHUE, MICHAEL OFFUTT, ANDREW J(efferson, V) OLIVER, (Symmes) CHAD(wick) Field Expedient, Astounding Jan '55 Transformer, Nov '54 OLTION, JERRY (Brian) OUNSLEY, SIMON OVERSTREET, A. D. Warrior's Way, Sword and Sorceress #5, ed. Marion Zimmer Bradley, DAW, 1988 Atlantisz
LitSearch: An Online Literary Database O'Brien, Fitz James (18281862) Works by this author http://daily.stanford.edu/litsearch/servlet/DescribeAuthor?name=O'Brien, Fitz Ja
LitSearch: An Online Literary Database Keyword Search Motif Search Custom Search Browse Authors Browse Titles. GoldenIngot, The by O'Brien, Fitz James (18281862). Copyright 2001 Keith Ito. http://daily.stanford.edu/litsearch/servlet/DescribeWork?work=2309
Link Edgar Allan Poe Translate this page Audioracconti di Poe. -Gli Allievi di Poe-. Scrittori. Fitz James O'Brien (1828-1862).Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (1838-1889). Gaston Leroux (1868-1927). http://www.utopiaplanitia.it/poe/LinkEdgarAllanPoe.htm
Extractions: The Poe Decoder ... Audioracconti di Poe -Gli Allievi di Poe- Scrittori Fitz James O'Brien (1828-1862) Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (1838-1889) Gaston Leroux (1868-1927) Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937) Poeti Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867) Stéphane Mallarmé (1842-1898) -Non solo Poe- Nicolas Eymerich Official Page La pagina personale di Valerio Evangelisti e dei suoi romanzi Nuova Metropolis In Tenebris Sculptus di Andrea Bonazzi Galleria di scultura e arte fantastica Inside Horror Magazine La rivista italiana di cultura horror La Notte di Halloween Roseto degli Abruzzi La cittadina dell'ideatore del sito Le Streghe di Lilith Magia, storia e tradizioni della stregonoria
Authors Of American Verse Robert Henry (18361901); O'Brien, Fitz-James (1828-1862); Oakes, Urian(c.1631-1681); Odell, Jonathan (1737-1818); Odiorne, Thomas (1769 http://www.hti.umich.edu/a/amverse/authlist.html
Extractions: Adams, Henry (1838-1918) Adams, John (1704-1740) Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848) Alcott, Amos Bronson (1799-1888) Aldrich, Thomas Bailey (1836-1907) Alger, Jr., Horatio (1832-1899) Allen, Elizabeth Akers (1832-1911 ) Allen, James (1739-1808) Allen, Paul (1784-1826) Allston, Washington (1779-1843) Alsop, George (1636-1673?) Arthur, T. S. (1809-1885) Barlow, Joel (1754-1812) Bates, Katharine Lee (1859-1929) Beadle, Samuel Alfred (1857-1932) Belknap, Jeremy (1744-1798) Bell, James Madison (1826-1902) Benjamin, Park (1809-1864) Benjamin, Robert C. O. (1855-1900) Bibb, Eloise A. (1878-1927) Bierce, Ambrose (1842-1914) Blackson, Lorenzo Dow (b.1817) Bland, James A. (1854-1911) Bleeker, Ann Eliza (1752-1783) Blood, Benjamin Paul (1832-1919) Bodman, Manoah (1765-1850) Boker, George Henry (1823-1890) Botta, Anne C. Lynch (1815-1891) Boyesen, Hjalmar Hjorth (1848-1895) Brackenridge, Hugh Henry (1748-1816) Bradford, William (1590-1657) Bradstreet, Anne (1612 or 1613-1672) Brainard, John Gardiner Calkins (1796-1828) >Braithwaite, William Stanley (1878-1962)
Author O'Brien, Fitz James, 1828-1862. Title The Supernatural Author, O'Brien, Fitz James, 18281862. Title, The Supernatural tales of Fitz-JamesO'Brien. Pub info, New York, NY Doubleday, 1988-. Descript, v. ; 22 cm. http://catalog.lancasterlibraries.org:90/kids/1899,1901/search/cFic OCONAI P/cfi
Author O'Brien, Fitz James, 1828-1862. Title The Supernatural Author, O'Brien, Fitz James, 18281862. Title, The Supernatural talesof Fitz-James O'Brien. Pub Info, New York, NY Doubleday, 1988-. http://catalog.lancasterlibraries.org:90/kids/1899,1901/search/cFic OCONAI P/cfi
