WHILE WE STILL clearly appreciate the incredible talent of our modern writers (they’re featured throughout our bestseller list), sometimes during our day-to-day, we forget about the ones who created their foundations. The ones like James Joyce, Oscar Wilde and Edna O’Brien.
These are the same writers who have been part of the draw for the millions of tourists who have flocked to our literary-enriched island. Many of them produced books which a few decades ago, we wouldn’t have even been allowed to read – due to the strict censorship laws at the time.
For example, Edna O’Brien’s Country Girls (1960) was banned for sexually explicit content and burned by a local parish priest, while James Joyce’s letters to his future wife were extremely NSFW, even by today’s uncensored standards.
But now, thankfully in 2019, we can appreciate their work in all of its ‘scandalous’ glory. So which scandalous writer would you be?
Take our quiz to find out.
MoLI - Museum of Literature Ireland, a collaboration between UCD and the National Library of Ireland, will open its doors on September 21st. Inside, visitors can explore 10,000 square metres of exhibits. Find it at UCD Newman House at 86 St. Stephen’s Green. For more information, visit MoLI online.
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