This project came about as a result of disillusionment with the ephemeral or redundant nature of much autobiographical writing, which can be alarmingly quick to date, and consequently instead of one timescale for composition there are four different timescales, viz. 1983,'85, '93, and '96, corresponding to the divisions of the book into four headed parts, each of which was written quite independently of the others both in timescale and even, to a limited degree, in style. Thus the result is certainly 'beyond the pale' of both retrospectively inclusive and introspectively exclusive autobiographical writings and remains, to this day, open-ended.
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By John O'Loughlin
Oct 1, 2011
"Concerning BEYOND THE PALE" Comprised of various autobiographical sketches, this literary work is, unusually, divided into four sections - the first dating from 1983, the second from 1985, the third from 1993, and the fourth from 1996. These sketches are written in the notational vein of Mr O'Loughlin's mature philosophy (especially from 1985 onwards) and often overlap with general speculations on a variety of subjects which have played a significant role in his personal life. Thus they are anything but purely autobiographical; though autobiography forms the basis of this project, which is certainly beyond the pale of 1983 so far as three of the four sections are concerned!
