Abstract
The eight unpublished drafts of “The Genius” that Mrs Sheehy rescued from the wastebasket, as well as the two published versions, amply testify to O’Connor’s persistence:
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“The Genius”: 14pp. MS., complete.
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“The Cissy”: 5pp. TS., incomplete.
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“My First Love”: 5pp. TS., with ½ p. MS. insertion; complete but with one page missing.
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“The Cissy”: 10pp. TS., complete.
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“The Sissy”: Mademoiselle, May 1954.
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“Where Babies Come From”: mss. additions and revisions to D, under new title.
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“The Cissy”: 8pp. TS., complete.
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“The Cissy”: 1p. TS., incomplete.
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“The Genius”: 12pp. TS., complete.
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“The Genius”: in Domestic Relations, 1957.
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Steinman, M. (1990). “The Genius”. In: Frank O’Connor at Work. Studies in Anglo-Irish Literature. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-10777-3_4
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