Patrick McCabe (academic)

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Patrick McCabe is an Australian academic and founder of the Talos Institute. He has been awarded various literary prizes over the years. His main interests lie in literature both classical and post-modern, as well as classical history. More recently he has also controversially dabbled in creative writing of a more avant guarde persuasion.

1 Academic Works
2 Fiction Works
3 Work for the Talos Institute
4 External links

[edit] Academic Works

McCabe’s most erudite literary study is his lengthy essay comparing the modern classic The Outsider by Albert Camus with Monsignor Quixote by Graham Greene. Another more accessible work is his shorter essay on the fall of the Roman praetor Sejanus. The latter work recently earned him a Certificate of Merit from the SSABSA Board.

[edit] Fiction Works

Apart from his academic essays, McCabe has also achieved some success as a short story author.

“The Journey” is a thought-provoking parable on the issue of illegal immigrants centering on an innocent boy called Juntin. It was a finalist in the 2004 The Advertiser Short Story Competition and prompted critics to hail McCabe as “a modern day pied noir”, a label that McCabe has publicly shunned.

“People You See On Trains” is an emotive piece concerning the reunion of two elderly siblings on a busy New York train. The winner of the 2003 Headmaster's Prize for Essay, some critics panned it as “overly sentimental”, but others claimed it made McCabe “an Australian R.J. Stanley”.

[edit] Work for the Talos Institute

Patrick McCabe has also founded the Talos Institute, an organisation which aims to promote the promulgation of the humanities, particularly the study of philosophy. He has been involved in a number of the Institute’s initiatives over the years and currently serves as President of the Institute, with Christopher Nugent as Vice President.