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James T. Farrell
Farrell, James Thomas
James Thomas Farrell (fâr´əl), 1904–79, American novelist, b. Chicago. In his fiction Farrell expressed anger against the brutal economic and social conditions that produce emotional and material poverty. His work, noted for the frankness of its language and its detailed realism, is in the tradition of naturalism. Farrell's first series of novels about life among the Irish Catholic population of Chicago's South Side was the Studs Lonigan trilogy: Young Lonigan (1932), The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan (1934), and Judgment Day (1935). Another of his series was the Danny O'Neill pentalogy: A World I Never Made (1936), No Star Is Lost (1938), Father and Son (1940), My Days of Anger (1943), and The Face of Time (1953). Farrell's other works include numerous collections of short stories; several volumes of essays, including Reflections at Fifty (1954); and innumerable novels, among them Ellen Rogers (1941), Boarding House Blues (1961), and The Dunne Family (1976).
The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright© 2012, The Columbia University Press.Selected full-text books and articles on this topic at Questia
Literary Integrity and Political Action: The Public Argument of James T. Farrell
Kathleen Farrell. Westview Press, 2000
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Kathleen Farrell. Westview Press, 2000
Documents of American Realism and Naturalism
Donald Pizer. Southern Illinois University Press, 1988
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Donald Pizer. Southern Illinois University Press, 1988
Librarian’s tip: Chap. Twenty-Four "Some Observations on Naturalism, so Called, in Fiction" by James T. Farrell
James T. Farrell's "The Dance Marathons." (in This Issue, P. 133) (Irish-American Literature)
Skerrett, Ellen. MELUS, Vol. 18, No. 1, Spring 1993
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Skerrett, Ellen. MELUS, Vol. 18, No. 1, Spring 1993
Makers of the City
Lewis F. Fried. University of Massachusetts Press, 1990
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Lewis F. Fried. University of Massachusetts Press, 1990
Librarian’s tip: Chap. 3 "James T. Farrell: The City as Society"
Farrell's Ethnic Neighborhood and Wright's Urban Ghetto: Two Visions of Chicago's South Side
Butler, Robert. MELUS, Vol. 18, No. 1, Spring 1993
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Butler, Robert. MELUS, Vol. 18, No. 1, Spring 1993
American Literary Naturalism: A Divided Stream
Charles Child Walcutt. Greenwood Press, 1956
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Charles Child Walcutt. Greenwood Press, 1956
Librarian’s tip: Chap. X "James T. Farrell: Aspects of Telling the Whole Truth"
Twentieth-Century American Literary Naturalism: An Interpretation
Donald Pizer. Southern Illinois University Press, 1982
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Donald Pizer. Southern Illinois University Press, 1982
Librarian’s tip: "Studs Lonigan: James T. Farrell" begins on p. 17
American Naturalistic and Realistic Novelists: A Biographical Dictionary
E. C. Applegate. Greenwood Press, 2002
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E. C. Applegate. Greenwood Press, 2002
Librarian’s tip: "James T. Farrell (1904-1979)" begins on p. 131
The New York Intellectuals: The Rise and Decline of the Anti-Stalinist Left from the 1930s to the 1980s
Alan M. Wald. University of North Carolina Press, 1987
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Alan M. Wald. University of North Carolina Press, 1987
Librarian’s tip: "Other Dissident Writers and Critics on the Left: James T. Farrell, F. W. Dupee, Edmund Wilson" begins on p. 82
A Library of Literary Criticism: Modern American Literature
Dorothy Nyren; Dorothy Nyren. Frederick Ungar, 1960 (3rd edition)
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Dorothy Nyren; Dorothy Nyren. Frederick Ungar, 1960 (3rd edition)
Librarian’s tip: "Farrell, James Thomas (1904-)" begins on p. 165
American Literary Criticism, 1900-1950
Charles I. Glicksberg. Hendricks House, 1952
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Charles I. Glicksberg. Hendricks House, 1952
Librarian’s tip: "James T. Farrell (1904-)" begins on p. 427