Brian Friel

Mary Ellen Snodgrass is an award-winning author of English and Latin textbooks and reference works for 40 years. She taught at Hickory High School and Lenoir Rhyne University in North Carolina for 23 years. Her writing focuses on women’s and world literature and history and general research topics, including epidemics, the history of money, clothing, food, and dance. She lives in Hickory, North Carolina.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments deleteviPrefaceIntroductionA Chronology of Friel’s Life and WorksFriel GenealogyBrian Friel: A Literary CompanionGlossaryAppendix A: Historical Timeline from the Friel CanonAppendix B: Writing and Research TopicsBibliographyIndex

“features over 65 entries on Friel and his work.... Snodgrass often utilizes graphs and tables in her entries to illustrate relationships between literary characters and works, and her biographical research is particularly strong. This resource is a credible aid to Friel scholarship. Highly recommended”—Choice; “a fascinating literary reference work exhibiting a high level of scholarship...highly recommended”—ARBA; “excellent series of Literary Companions”—Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine.