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A chapter from the book "Frank O'Connor: New Perspectives" is presented. It presents a chronology of the life and career of Irish author Frank O'Connor, with special emphasis on his short stories. He was born as Michael Francis O'Donovan in Cork, Ireland on September 17, 1903. He adopted the pseudonym Frank O'Connor to help protect his job in 1925. In 1947, his short story collection "The Common Chord" was published.

A chapter from the book "Frank O'Connor: New Perspectives" is presented. It offers an overview of the stories written by Irish author Frank O'Connor. It provides summaries of the reactions the stories have generated from some of the most prominent students of the author's writing. The sources from which critical reactions have drawn include "Voices: A Life of Frank O'Connor," by James F. Matthews. Among the works mentioned are "An Act of Charity" and "The American Wife."

A chapter from the book "Frank O'Connor: New Perspectives" is presented. It provides paraphrases and thumb-nail summaries of some of author Frank O'Connor's most provocative views about writers and writing. O'Connor believes that imaginative literature begins when reading functions as genuine recreation rather than as a mere pastime. He argues that attempting to create a work in the style of earlier writers is useless.