Dalkey Archive Press is a publisher of fiction, poetry, and literary criticism, specializing in the publication or republication of high-quality and out-of-print works, particularly contemporary literature. The publisher is named for the novel The Dalkey Archive, by the Irish author Flann O'Brien. For other uses, see Fiction (disambiguation). ... This article is about the art form. ... Literary criticism is the study, discussion, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. ... This article is about (usually written) works. ... The Dalkey Archive is a novel by the Irish writer Flann OBrien. ... Flann OBrien (October 5, 1911, Strabane, County Tyrone Ireland – April 1, 1966 Dublin) is a pseudonym of the twentieth century Irish novelist and satirist Brian ONolan (in Irish Brian Ó Nuallain), best known for his novels An Béal Bocht, At Swim-Two-Birds and The Third Policeman. ...

Founded in Chicago in 1984, Dalkey Archive began as an adjunct press to the literary magazine Review of Contemporary Fiction, itself founded by John O'Brien, John Byrne, and Lowell Dunlap and dedicated to highlighting writers who were overlooked by the mainstream critical establishment. Initially, the Press reprinted works by authors that were featured in the Review but eventually branched out to other works, including original works that had not before been published. In December 2006, Dalkey Archive relocated to the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana to be part of the university's commitment to global projects that will complement the Press's commitment to translations. For other uses, see Chicago (disambiguation). ...

Modeled on such publishers as Grove Press and New Directions, Dalkey Archive's emphasis is decidedly upon literary fiction, usually of a modernist or postmodernist bent. In the publisher's own words, Dalkey Archive "place[s] a heavy emphasis upon fiction that belongs to the experimental tradition of Sterne, Joyce, Rabelais, Flann O'Brien, Beckett, Gertrude Stein and Djuna Barnes." One of the publisher's primary goals is to keep all of its books in print, regardless of commercial success, in the interest of maintaining the availability of works that are deemed culturally and educationally valuable. Grove Press is an American publishing imprint that was founded in 1951. ... New Directions Publishers was founded in 1936 by James Laughlin after graduating from Harvard University. ... Literature is literally an acquaintance with letters as in the first sense given in the Oxford English Dictionary (from the Latin littera meaning an individual written character (letter)). The term has, however, generally come to identify a collection of texts. ... Modernist literature is the literary form of Modernism and especially High modernism; it should not be confused with modern literature, which is the history of the modern novel and modern poetry as one. ... The term Postmodern literature is used to describe certain tendencies in post-World War II literature. ... Laurence Sterne Laurence Sterne (November 24, 1713 – March 18, 1768) was an Irish-born English novelist and an Anglican clergyman. ... This article is about the writer and poet. ... François Rabelais François Rabelais (c. ... Flann OBrien (October 5, 1911, Strabane, County Tyrone Ireland – April 1, 1966 Dublin) is a pseudonym of the twentieth century Irish novelist and satirist Brian ONolan (in Irish Brian Ó Nuallain), best known for his novels An Béal Bocht, At Swim-Two-Birds and The Third Policeman. ... This article is about the Irish writer. ... Gertrude Stein (February 3, 1874 – July 27, 1946) was an American writer who became a catalyst in the development of modern art and literature. ... Djuna Barnes, ca. ...

Selected publications

Dalkey Archive has published a variety of books and authors from many countries. In some cases, the publication of certain books by Dalkey Archive has led to a resurgence in their author's popularity, particularly in the United States, as happened with Felipe Alfau and Flann O'Brien. Some notable books and authors published by Dalkey Archive are listed below. Felipe Alfau (1902 - 1999), was a Spanish American novelist and poet. ... Flann OBrien (October 5, 1911, Strabane, County Tyrone Ireland – April 1, 1966 Dublin) is a pseudonym of the twentieth century Irish novelist and satirist Brian ONolan (in Irish Brian Ó Nuallain), best known for his novels An Béal Bocht, At Swim-Two-Birds and The Third Policeman. ...

• Felipe Alfau, Chromos and Locos: A Comedy of Gestures
• Djuna Barnes, Nightwood: The Original Version and Related Drafts
• Roger Boylan, Killoyle, An Irish Farce
• Robert Coover, A Night at the Movies
• Jean Echenoz, Chopin's Move
• Carlos Fuentes, Terra Nostra
• William Gass, The Tunnel
• Henry Green, Concluding
• Aidan Higgins, Flotsam and Jetsam and Bornholme Night Ferry
• G. Cabrera Infante, Three Trapped Tigers
• Hugh Kenner, Flaubert, Joyce, and Beckett: The Stoic Comedians
• Danilo Kis, A Tomb for Boris Davidovich
• David Markson, Wittgenstein's Mistress
• Nicholas Mosley, Natalie Natalia
• Flann O'Brien, At Swim-Two-Birds and The Third Policeman
• Raymond Queneau, Pierrot Mon Ami
• Ann Quin, Berg and Passages
• Ishmael Reed, Yellow Back Radio Broke-Down
• Viktor Shklovsky, Theory of Prose and Energy of Delusion
• Gilbert Sorrentino, Blue Pastoral and Mulligan Stew
• Boris Vian, Heartsnatcher
• Douglas Woolf, Wall to Wall
• Harry Mathews, My Life in CIA
• Patrik Ouředník, Europeana: A Brief History of the Twentieth Century
• António Lobo Antunes, Knowledge of Hell
• Ben Marcus, The Age of Wire and String
• Kass Fleisher, Talking out of School: Memoir of an Educated Woman

External links

• Dalkey Archive Press home page