Corpus of Electronic Texts Edition: E890000-017

Optimism V. Pessimism: A Causerie

Author: Patrick Augustine Sheehan

Background details and bibliographic information

File Description

Electronic edition compiled by Benjamin Hazard and John O'Donovan

Introduction by John O'Donovan

Funded by School of History, University College, Cork and
private donation

1. First draft

Extent of text: 8260 words

Publication

CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts: a project of University College, Cork
College Road, Cork, Ireland — http://www.ucc.ie/celt

(2014)

Distributed by CELT online at University College, Cork, Ireland.
Text ID Number: E890000-017

Availability [RESTRICTED]

Available with prior consent of the CELT programme for purposes of academic research and teaching only.

Sources

    Manuscript
  1. [Details to follow].
    Canon Sheehan on the Internet
  1. http://www.canonsheehanremembered.com.
    Editions
  1. Canon P.A. Sheehan, 'Optimism V. Pessimism: A Causerie,' The Irish Monthly, 25/283 (January 1897) 39–52.
  2. Canon P.A. Sheehan, 'Optimism in Literature. Optimism in Daily Life,' The Literary Life, Essays: Poems (Dublin 1921) 35–57.
    Literature
  1. Herman Joseph Heuser, Canon Sheehan of Doneraile: the story of an Irish parish priest as told chiefly by himself in books, personal memoirs, and letters (New York 1917).
  2. Arthur Coussens, P. A. Sheehan, zijn leven en zijn werken (Brugge/Bruges 1923).
  3. P.A. Sheehan, The Graves at Kilmorna: A Story of '67 (London: 1918 edition).
  4. Michael P. Linehan, Canon Sheehan of Doneraile: Priest, Novelist, Man of Letters (Dublin 1952).
  5. Seamas Ó Buachalla (ed.), A Significant Irish Educationalist: The Educational Writings of P.H. Pearse (Dublin and Cork 1980).
  6. Catherine Candy, Priestly Fictions, Popular Irish Novelists of the Early Twentieth Century—P.A. Sheehan, Joseph Guinan, Gerald O'Donovan (Dublin 1995).
  7. Frank Callanan, T. M. Healy (Cork 1996).
  8. James O'Brien (ed.), The Collected Letters of Canon Sheehan of Doneraile, 1883–1913 (Wells 2013).
  9. James O'Brien, Canon Sheehan of Doneraile 1852–1913: Outlines for a Literary Biography (Wells 2013). [Bibliographical references 205–11].
  10. Don O'Leary, 'Faith, Science and Nature in the Works of Canon Sheehan,' New Hibernia Review, 17/2 (Summer 2013) 119–135.
    The edition used in the digital edition
  1. Optimism V. Pessimism: A Causerie in The Irish Monthly, Ed. Matthew Russell, S.J.. , Dublin, Irish Jesuit Province (January 1897) volume 25number 283page 39–52

Encoding

Project Description

CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts

Sampling Declaration

The electronic text represents the edited version. Editorial footnotes are included using note type="auth" n="".

Editorial Declaration

Correction

The text has been checked and proof-read twice.

Normalization

The electronic text represents the edited text.

Quotation

Direct speech is rendered q; but omitted in verse passages due to nesting restrictions within metrical lines.

Hyphenation

Soft hyphens are silently removed. When a hyphenated word (hard or soft) crosses a page-break or line-break, the page-break and line-break are marked after the completion of the hyphenated word.

Segmentation

div0 = the essay; div1 = the section; page-breaks are marked and numbered.

Standard Values

There are no dates.

Interpretation

Names of persons and places are not tagged.

Profile Description

Created: By Patrick Augustine Sheehan (1852–1913) (1897)

Use of language

Language: [EN] The text is in English.
Language: [LA] Some words are in Latin.
Language: [FR] Some words are in French.
Language: [ES] Some words are in Spanish.
Language: [IT] Some words are in Italian.

Revision History