Dr. Paul Delaney

Associate Professor, English

delanep@tcd.ie 3531896 3841 http://people.tcd.ie/delanep

Biography

I am an Associate Professor in the School of English and a Fellow of Trinity College Dublin. My research engages with 20th and 21st century Irish literature, and focuses especially on post-independence Irish writing and on short fiction. I am the author of two monographs, 'Anthologisation and Irish Short Fiction: "Magnitudes of Telling"' (Routledge, in press [2025]), and 'Seán O'Faoláin: Literature, Inheritance and the 1930s' (Irish Academic Press, 2014). Other books include the edited collections, 'David Marcus: Editing Ireland', with Deirdre Madden (The Stinging Fly Press, 2024), 'The Edinburgh Companion to the Short Story in English', with Adrian Hunter (Edinburgh University Press, 2019), 'William Trevor: Revaluations', with Michael Parker (Manchester University Press, 2013), and 'Reading Colm Tóibín' (Liffey Press, 2008). I also co-edited the short-story anthology 'Dublin Tales' (Oxford University Press, 2023), with Eve Patten. I have written extensively on Irish literary culture, publishing in peer-reviewed journals, bibliographies, and critical collections. This includes chapters and essays on a variety of topics such as Irish short fiction, post-independence literature, Irish working-class writing, literary biography, and representations of and by the Traveller community. A full list of my publications can be found in 'Publications and Other Research Outputs'.

Publications and Further Research Outputs

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Paul Delaney, 'Irish talent, elegantly showcased', Review of 'All Over Ireland: New Irish Short Stories', by Deidre Madden, ed. , The Irish Times, Weekend Review, Saturday, 18 July, 2015, p10Review, 2015
Paul Delaney, 'Seán O'Faoláin', in Andrew Hadfield (editor). 'Oxford Bibliographies in British and Irish Literature', New York, Oxford University Press, 2016, -Bibliography, filmography, etc., 2016
Paul Delaney, 'Jennifer Johnston: past master', The Irish Times, 29 June, 2017Review Article, 2017
'"A system that inflicts suffering upon the many": Early twentieth-century working-class fiction' in, editor(s)Michael Pierse , A History of Irish Working-Class Writing, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2017, pp257 - 270, [Paul Delaney]Book Chapter, 2017
Paul Delaney, Review of The Irish Short Story: Traditions and Trends, by Elke D'hoker and Stephanie Eggermont, eds , Short Fiction in Theory & Practice, 5, (1/2), 2016, p125-127Review, 2016
Paul Delaney and Adrian Hunter, eds, The Edinburgh Companion to the Short Story in English, Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 2019, 388ppBook, 2019
Paul Delaney, '"I wanted them not to be lost": Immigration and Irish Short Fiction', Canadian Journal of Irish Studies, 42, 2019, p74 - 99Journal Article, 2019
Paul Delaney, '"Rising again": Revision, Trauma, and Frank O'Connor's "Guests of the Nation"', New Hibernia Review/Iris Éireannach Nua, 23, (3), 2019, p35 - 54Journal Article, 2019
'Literary biography in transition' in, editor(s)Eve Patten , Irish Literature in Transition, 1940-1980, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2020, pp309 - 328, [Paul Delaney]Book Chapter, 2020
Paul Delaney, ''Frank O'Connor'', Oxford Bibliographies in British and Irish Literature, New York, Oxford University Press, 2021, -Bibliography, filmography, etc., 2021
'"Simply because it happened before": Walter Macken's historical fiction' in, editor(s)Sandra Heinen and Katharina Rennhak , Walter Macken: Critical Perspectives, Cork, Cork University Press, 2022, pp87 - 104, [Paul Delaney]Book Chapter, 2022
Paul Delaney and Eve Patten, eds, Dublin Tales, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2023, 1-325ppBook, 2023
''Occasional, even casual': Padraic Colum, legacy curation, and short fiction' in, editor(s)Keith O'Sullivan and Pádraic Whyte , The Writings of Padraic Colum: 'That Queer Thing Genius', Routledge, 2024, pp93 - 106, [Paul Delaney]Book Chapter, 2024
Paul Delaney and Deirdre Madden, eds, David Marcus: Editing Ireland, The Stinging Fly Press, 2024, 300ppBook, 2024
Paul Delaney, 'Acts of Remembrance: History, Anxiety and Elizabeth Bowen', Études Irlandaises, 31, (1), 2006, p87 - 103Journal Article, 2006
Paul Delaney, '"Nobody Now Knows Which": Transition and Piety in Daniel Corkery's Short Fiction', New Hibernia Review, 10, (1), 2006, p100 - 110Journal Article, 2006
Paul Delaney, '"A lack of invention": Corkery, criticism and minor fatigue', The Irish Review, 33, 2005, p96 - 109Journal Article, 2005
Paul Delaney, 'Stories from below: Sean Maher and Nan Joyce', Studies, 93, (372), 2004, p461 - 472Journal Article, 2004
Paul Delaney, 'D.P. Moran and The Leader: Writing an Irish Ireland through Partition', Éire-Ireland, 38, (3-4), 2003, p189 - 211Journal Article, 2003
Paul Delaney, '"A marginal footnote": O'Faoláin, the subaltern and the Travellers', Irish Studies Review, 11, (2), 2003, p155 - 164Journal Article, 2003
Paul Delaney, ' - but is Ireland ever new? - ', REA: Religion, Education and the Arts, 3, 2003, p22 - 24Journal Article, 2003
'Becoming National: Daniel Corkery and the reterritorialized subject' in, editor(s)Aaron Kelly and Alan A. Gillis , Critical Ireland: New Essays in Literature and Culture, Dublin, Four Courts Press, 2001, pp41 - 48, [Paul Delaney]Book Chapter, 2001
Paul Delaney, 'Representations of the Travellers in the 1880s and 1900s', Irish Studies Review, 9, (1), 2001, p53 - 68Journal Article, 2001
'Migrancy and Cultural Disappearance' in, editor(s)P.J. Mathews , New Voices in Irish Criticism, Dublin, Four Courts Press, 2000, pp170 - 179, [Paul Delaney]Book Chapter, 2000
Paul Delaney, ed. and introduction to, Daniel Corkery, The Stones and other stories, Cork, Mercier Press, 2003, 207ppBook, 2003
Paul Delaney, 'A sense of place: Travellers, representation and Irish culture', The Republic, 3, 2003, p79 - 89Journal Article, 2003
'Privileged Perspectives and Subverted Types: James Stephens's "The Demi-Gods"' in, editor(s)Ciara Breathnach and Aoife Bhreathnach , Portraying Irish Travellers: Histories and Representations, Cambridge Scholars' Press, 2007, pp46 - 64, [Paul Delaney]Book Chapter, 2007
'"Fierce passions for middle-aged men": Frank O'Connor and Daniel Corkery' in, editor(s)Hilary Lennon , Frank O'Connor: Critical Essays, Dublin, Four Courts Press, 2007, pp53 - 66, [Paul Delaney]Book Chapter, 2007
'A discourse on nomadism: Travellers and Irish writing' in, editor(s)Borbála Faragó and Moynagh Sullivan , Facing the Other: Interdisciplinary Studies on Race, Gender and Social Justice in Ireland, Newcastle, Cambridge Scholars Press, 2008, pp232 - 243, [Paul Delaney]Book Chapter, 2008
'Colm Tóibín', Ian Campbell Ross (editor), The Literary Encyclopedia, 2008, [Paul Delaney]Item in dictionary or encyclopaedia, etc, 2008, URL
'Representative strategies in Liam O'Flaherty's "The Tent" and "The Stolen Ass"' in, editor(s)Micheál Ó hAodha , The Nomadic Subject: Postcolonial Identities on the Margins, Cambridge Scholars Press, 2007, pp25 - 35, [Paul Delaney]Book Chapter, 2007
Paul Delaney, ed., Reading Colm Tóibín, Dublin, Liffey Press, 2008, 228ppBook, 2008
'The Desire for Clarity: Seán O'Faoláin's "Lovers of the Lake"' in, editor(s)Cheryl Alexander Malcolm and David Malcolm , A Companion to the British and Irish Short Story, Oxford, Blackwell, 2009, pp448 - 455, [Paul Delaney]Book Chapter, 2009
'Changing Times: Frank O'Connor and Seán O'Faoláin' in, editor(s)Julia M. Wright , A Companion to Irish Literature (2 vols), Vol. 2, Oxford, Blackwell, 2010, pp144 - 158, [Paul Delaney]Book Chapter, 2010
Paul Delaney, 'Tinkers', Irish University Review, 40, (1), 2010, p169 - 172Review Article, 2010
Paul Delaney and Michael Parker, eds, William Trevor: Revaluations, Manchester and New York, Manchester University Press, 2013, 226ppBook, 2013
'Introduction' in, editor(s)Paul Delaney and Michael Parker , William Trevor: Revaluations, Manchester and New York, Manchester University Press, 2013, pp1 - 12, [Paul Delaney and Michael Parker]Book Chapter, 2013
'"The art of the glimpse": Cheating at Canasta' in, editor(s)Paul Delaney and Michael Parker , William Trevor: Revaluations, Manchester and New York, Manchester University Press, 2013, pp180 - 197, [Paul Delaney]Book Chapter, 2013
Paul Delaney, 'Opening Windows', Irish Literary Supplement, 33, (2), 2014Review, 2014
'An Almost Untilled Field': Pádraig Mac Gréine, Annie Power and Béaloideas in, editor(s)Anne Markey and Anne O'Connor , Folklore and Modern Irish Writing, Irish Academic Press, 2014, pp48 - 63, [Paul Delaney]Book Chapter, 2014
Paul Delaney, Seán O'Faoláin: Literature, Inheritance and the 1930s, Irish Academic Press, 2014, 280ppBook, 2014

Research Expertise

Description

20th-century and contemporary Irish literature, especially post-independence Irish culture and short fiction.

Election to Fellowship, Trinity College Dublin 2016
British Council Chevening Scholar 1997
Provost Award for Teaching Excellence, Trinity College Dublin 2012

Member, IASIL (International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures)
Joint Editor (with Sinéad Sturgeon), 'Irish Literature and Culture', The Literary Encyclopedia, www.litencyc.com 2024
Member, ENSFR (European Network for Short Fiction Research)
Books Editor, Irish University Review 2021
Editorial Board, Irish University Review present
Management Board, Irish University Review 2021