Based on author's thesis (doctoral)--Catholic University of America, 2001
Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-215) and index
Introduction: identities -- A sort of reasoned chaos -- Vertiginous extravagance -- Anatomy of a murder -- The Irish lesson -- The uncrowned king of Ireland, 1940-1945 -- Myles Gloriosus, 1945-1952 -- Eclipsis, 1952-1959 -- Dreaming, dreaming, dreaming