The Irish Proust
Cultural Crossings from Beckett to McGahern
The Irish Proust
Cultural Crossings from Beckett to McGahern
Description
The first book devoted to exploring Marcel Proust's influence on Irish literature and Irish themes within his work, The Irish Proust reveals a surprising textual dimension of Proust's novel and traces the enduring legacy of his work throughout twentieth-century Irish letters.
Proust's work, which was briefly banned in Ireland, occupies an essential position within the Irish literary and cultural imaginary. From Samuel Beckett and Elizabeth Bowen to Brendan Behan and John McGahern, À la recherche du temps perdu has been a touchstone for generations of Irish writers.
Including bold new readings of Proust's presence within the writings of Beckett, Bowen, Behan, McGahern, Mary Devenport O'Neill, and Gerald Murnane, this book draws on a wide range of archival sources and sheds new light on the cosmopolitan, modernist literary culture that emerged in post-independence Ireland despite a hostile official climate.
Table of Contents
Introduction. Michael Cronin, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland & Max McGuinness, University College Dublin, Ireland
PART I: IRISH THEMES IN PROUST
Chapter 1. Max McGuinness: 'Gaelic Ancestry, Mythology, and Toponymy in the Recherche'
Chapter 2. 'Proust and Wilde', Elisabeth Ladenson , Columbia University
Chapter 3. 'Proust, Ireland, and the Socio-Economic Language of the Novel', Barry McCrea, University of Notre Dame, USA
Chapter 4. 'The Metempsychotic Room: Proust and His Irish Avatars', Patrick O'Donovan, University College Cork, Ireland
PART II: PROUST IN IRELAND
Chapter 5. 'Amphibian Proust: Aesthetic Renewal and the TCD French Department in the 1920s', Michael Cronin, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Chapter 6. 'Mary Devenport O'Neill's Poetic Reception of Marcel Proust', Gráinne Condon, Independent Scholar
Chapter 7. 'Proust Revisited: The Legacy of Marcel Proust in Brendan Behan's Bridewell', Deirdre McMahon, Independent Scholar
Chapter 8. 'Proustian Memory and John McGahern's Memoir', Richard Robinson, Swansea University, UK
PART III: PROUST AND THE IRISH WORLD
Chapter 9. 'Proust, Beckett et cette “abominable edition of the Nouvelle Revue Française”', Nathalie Mauriac Dyer, Centre national de la recherche scientifique-Institut des textes et manuscrits modernes
Chapter 10. 'Bowen, d'après Proust', Isabelle Serça, Université de Toulouse, France
Chapter 11. '“A Very Dangerous Influence”: Elizabeth Bowen and Marcel Proust', Heather Ingman, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Chapter 12. 'Proust, Gerald Murnane, and the “Idealist Novel”', Louis Klee, University of Cambridge, UK
Bibliography
Product details
| Published | 16 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 256 |
| ISBN | 9781350499362 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Illustrations | 2 bw illus |
| Series | Historicizing Modernism |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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