Adventure in France and Ireland through Literature and Culture

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-80374-375-2
Verlag: Peter Lang Ltd. International Academic Publishers

Buch, Englisch, Französisch, Band 24, 296 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 433 g

Reihe: Studies in Franco-Irish Relations

This collection examines the role that adventure has played and continues to play in French and Irish society and culture in areas as diverse as literature, theatre, war journalism, painting, photography, sport and diplomatic dining. The three types of adventure as defined by the French philosopher Vladimir Jankélévitch are reflected in the various essays. Mortal adventure can be found in the chapters on war journalism and painting, sport and in the pioneer work of the first women photographers and reporters. Aesthetic adventure is depicted in the chapters on the work of Joseph Kessel, Colm Tóibín, Colum McCann, Jan Carson, Anna Burns, Paddy Bushe, John McGahern, Gustave Flaubert and Brian Friel, who have all developed innovative and challenging styles in their attempts to depict aspects of the human condition. Finally, Love adventure is a strong leitmotif in several essays also. We are traversing a time of transformation and transition, a time in which climate change, health crises, wars, and the re-emergence of populism as a force across the planet, have brought us to a crossroads in our history. This collection illustrates how the creative and imaginative power of history, literature and art can help us decipher and redefine our place in this new world and assist us to navigate the challenging adventure(s) that may await us.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bastiat, Brigitte

Healy, Frank

Weitere Mitwirkende

Maher, Eamon

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Brigitte Bastiat and Frank Healy: Introduction: Adventure: Perspectives from France and Ireland – Mary Pierse: Considering Adventure on Literary Pathways – Claudia Luppino: "Well, you are about to enter the land of the free and the brave": The adventure of self-discovery and re-invention in Colm Tóibín’s writing – Eamon Maher: Memory and Adventure: Marcel Proust and John McGahern – Benjamin Keatinge: Paddy Bushe in Paris: Adventures in Ekphrasis – Martine Pelletier: Staging Brian Friel in France – Quite an adventure! – Serge Linkes: De « Chez les Sinn Féiners » (1920) à Mary de Cork (1924), Joseph Kessel témoin de « L’Irlande révolutionnaire » – Estelle Epinoux and Cathy Roche: « Mary de Cork » : une aventure au féminin en clair-obscur dans la nouvelle de Joseph Kessel (1924) et l’adaptation cinématographique de Maurice Cazeneuve (1967) – Claire Dubois: « Un roman d’aventure réel »: reporting on the Irish war of independence for a French audience – Tony Kiely: William Orpen’s Exposure to The Great War: A Human and Artistic Adventure – Danielle Baraka: De la France à l’Irlande : Marguerite Mespoulet et Madeleine Mignon, une expédition photographique en Irlande en 1913 – Ugo Ryckman: Surfing in Ireland: beyond frontiers – Elaine Mahon: ‘An intriguing but Ambiguous Privilege’: Adventures in Franco-Irish Relations through the Prism of the Diplomatic Meal.

Über Autor(innen)

Brigitte Bastiat holds a PhD in Media and Communication Studies (University of Paris Saint-Denis). She taught English at the University of La Rochelle for 25 years and was a member of the CRHIA (EA 1163 Research Centre for International Atlantic History).

Frank Healy holds a PhD in Immunology, is a lecturer in English for Special Purposes at La Rochelle Université, and a member of the CRHIA (EA 1163 Research Centre for Atlantic and International History).