John Hewitt
Twenty-five years in a municipal art gallery - a north light
1st Edition
Published on 1. July 2013
424 pages
978-1-84682-490-6 (ISBN)
Description
A North Light - John Hewitt's own account of his life in Northern Ireland from his early years until his 'enforced exile' in Covntry in 1957 - provides a fascinating glimpse into his association with key figures from the literary and art world, including W.B. Yeats, George Orwell, Brendan Behan, Colin Middleton and John Luke. It details Hewitt's career in the Belfast Museum and Art Gallery, the evolution of his critical and literary thinking, his quest for identity and creative space, and it voices his maverick political views on his homeland. This hitherto-unpublished text, one of the most anticipated Irish memoirs of the twentieth century, will be valuable to those interested in Hewitt's achievement, work and legacy and to those wishing to gain an insight into Northern Ireland's cultural and political history.
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A North Light
Twenty-Five Years in a Municipal Art Gallery
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04/2013
Four Courts Press Ltd
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Content
- Intro
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 How It All Started
- 2 The Free Library
- 3 My Application Goes In
- 4 Sworn In
- 5 Men My Brothers, Men the Workers
- 6 Kabooti
- 7 My First Exhibition
- 8 Chance Encounter
- 9 Billy and Jack
- 10 Welwyn 1933
- 11 The First Year
- 12 My Generation
- 13 The Henrys
- 14 Ulster Unit
- 15 The Art Critic
- 16 The Fair at Kilrea
- 17 The Taste of Mayors
- 18 Adelphi Centre
- 19 Diploma for the Straw Man
- 20 Griffin
- 21 The Sour Laugh
- 22 The War Years I
- 23 The War Years II
- 24 Regionalism
- 25 Lagan
- 26 Council for Encouragement
- 27 Jack B. Yeats
- 28 Welsh Rarebit
- 29 Van Gogh at Glasgow
- 30 'The Funeral of Mr W.B. Yeates'
- 31 Annus Mirabilis
- 32 From Chairmen and Committee Men
- 33 Stanley Spencer
- 34 Silver Jubilee
- 35 Amsterdam 1954
- 36 Brendan Boy
- 37 Vienna, 1955
- 38 Exeat
- Index
