New critical perspectives on Franco-Irish relations / Anne Goarzin (ed.).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Goarzin, Anne, editor.

Series:

Reimagining Ireland ; v. 68.

Reimagining Ireland

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Culture--Study and teaching.

Relations.

France--Civilization.

France.

Civilization.

Ireland--Civilization.

Ireland.

Irish literature--History and criticism.

Irish literature.

French literature--History and criticism.

French literature.

English literature--Irish authors--History and criticism.

English literature.

English literature--Irish authors.

France--Relations--Ireland.

Ireland--Relations--France.

Culture--Study and teaching--France.

Culture.

Culture--Study and teaching--Ireland.

Physical Description:

vii, 273 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Peter Lang, [2015]

Summary:

This collection of critical essays proposes new and original readings of the relationship between French and Irish literature and culture. It seeks to re-evaluate, deconstruct and question artistic productions and cultural phenomena while pointing to the potential for comparative analysis between the two countries. The volume covers the French wine tradition, the Irish rebellion and the weight of religious and cultural tradition in both countries, seeking to examine these familiar topics from unconventional perspectives. Some contributors offer readings of established figures in Irish and French literature, from Flann O'Brien to Albert Camus; others highlight writers who have been left outside the critical frame, including Sydney Owenson, Jean Giono and Katherine Cecil Thurston. Finally, the volume explores areas such as sport, education, justice and alternative religious practices, generating unexpected and thought-provoking cultural connections between France and Ireland. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Not Quite What It Seems: Challenging the Critical Doxa in French and Irish Literature 7

A Voice from the Margins: Albert Camus at 100 / Eamon Maher Maher, Eamon 9

Jean Giono: 'The Peasant-Anarchist' / Gerard Connolly Connolly, Gerard 27

The Novice in the City: Sydney Owenson and the Bildung of Metropolitan Economics / Matthew L. Reznicek Reznicek, Matthew L. 43

The Challenges of Katherine Cecil Thurston's Max (1910) / Mary Pierse Pierse, Mary 61

'Being the Not Wife': Representations of Second Wives and Stepmothers in the Fiction of John McGahern and Anne Enright / Michelle Kennedy Kennedy, Michelle 79

Refraining a Portrait: Flann O'Brien's Interrogation of the Artist in 'Cruiskeen Lawn / Edward Alan Schaefer Schaefer, Edward Alan 95

Acts of Justice in Ireland: Social Utopia and Natural Law in a Deconstructive Staging of Tennyson's The Foresters: Robin Hood and Maid Marian / Eva Urban Urban, Eva 109

Challenging the Virilian Doxa: Of Flow, Speed and Trajectory in Allan Gillis's Poetry / Anne Goarzin Goarzin, Anne 127

Part II More than Meets the Eye: Questioning Orthodoxies and Defining New Perimeters for Cultural Studies in France and Ireland 141

The Photographic Framing and Un-Framing of Inhabited Landscapes in Ireland / Pierre-Jérôme Jéhel Jéhel, Pierre-Jérôme, Corinne Feïss-Jéhel Feïss-Jéhel, Corinne 143

Thinking Beyond the Bottle: Traditional French Wine versus New Media / Brian Murphy Murphy, Brian 159

Football and Identity: The Irish in Scotland and the Algerians in France / Frank Healy Healy, Frank 181

From Politics to Deviance: The Gender of Violence at the Height of The Troubles / Marion Sarrouy Sarrouy, Marion 199

Whitefriar Street Church: An Institutional Perimeter for an Unframed, Polymorphic Religious Practice / Déborah Vandewoude Vandewoude, Déborah 217

Teacher Education in France and Ireland: Traditional and Contemporary Representations / Imelda Elliott Elliott, Imelda 235.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783034317818

3034317816

OCLC:

931001825

Publisher Number:

99967708371