Volume 9 No. 4 — 1 October 1980

David Ireland’s Prisoner’ and *The Flesheaters

Ken Gelder

Abstract

Examines The Unknown Industrial Prisoner under the aspect of the author’s allusions and references to an American novel, Miss Lonelyhearts (1933), by Nathanael West.

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Published 1 October 1980 in Volume 9 No. 4. Subjects: Literary influences, David Ireland.

Cite as: Gelder, Ken. ‘David Ireland’s Prisoner’ and *The Flesheaters.’ Australian Literary Studies, vol. 9, no. 4, 1980, doi: 10.20314/als.73fc10817d.

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