Personal profile
Research Interests
- Science fiction, fantasy and horror literature
- Irish literature
- Gender
Teaching Interests
- Science fiction, fantasy and horror
- Irish literature
- Literature in English
- Gender
Biography
Jack Fennell is a writer and researcher who teaches at the University
of Limerick, Ireland. He is the editor of two anthologies, A Brilliant
Void (2018) and It Rose Up (2021), collecting lesser-known Irish science
fiction and fantasy stories respectively.
He has written two academic studies, Irish Science Fiction (2014) and
Rough Beasts: Monstrosity in Irish Literature, 1800-2010 (2019), and his
own fiction has appeared in Silver Apples Magazine, Archive of the Odd,
and the Clan Destine Press anthologies The Only One in the World and
Who Sleuthed It He also contributed translations to The Short Fiction of
Flann O Brien (2013), and was the winner of the 2022 European Science
Fiction Society award for Best Translator.
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IRISH FANTASY FICTION IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
Fennell, J., 1 Jan 2024, The Routledge Companion to Twenty-First-Century Irish Writing. Taylor and Francis, p. 349-356 8 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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It’s Often That Maybe Was Drowned: The Speculative Fiction of Seán Ó Muireagáin
Fennell, J., Mar 2024, In: Eire-Ireland. 59, 1-2, p. 170-184 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Gothic fiction in the irish language
Fennell, J., 19 May 2023, Irish Gothic: An Edinburgh Companion. Edinburgh University Press, p. 135-150 16 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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The machine in the (Holy) Ghost: Anti-scientific literature, genre fiction and Irish modernism, 1890–1940
Fennell, J., 1 Jan 2021, Irish Modernisms: Gaps, Conjectures, Possibilities. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., p. 185-196 12 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Here Be Dragons (and Vampires, and Zombies): The Politics of Monstrous Communities
Fennell, J., 1 Jan 2019, Monstrosity from the Inside Out. Brill, p. 203-220 18 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Activities
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Bridges to Utopia. 9th Annual Conference of the Utopian Studies Society (Europe)
Fennell, J. (Organiser), Fischer, J. (Organiser), Griffin, M. (Organiser), Kelly, M. G. (Organiser) & Moylan, T. (Organiser)
3 Jul 2008 → 5 Jul 2008Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...