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Irish Contemporary Landscapes in Literature and the Arts 1st ed. 2012 Edition
Author(s): M. Mianowski
- Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date: January 1, 2012
- Edition: 1st ed. 2012
- Language: English
- Print length: 329 pages
- ISBN-10: 1349339911
- ISBN-13: 9781349339914
Book Description
Looking at representations of the Irish landscape in contemporary literature and the arts, this volume discusses the economic, political and environmental issues associated with it, questioning the myths behind Ireland’s landscape, from the first Greek descriptions to present day post Celtic-Tiger architecture.
Editorial Reviews
Review
‘This is an engaging and tightly conceived collection of essays which will open up new ground and forge fresh connections in the best sense of interdisciplinary scholarship.’
– Aaron Kelly, University of Edinburgh, UK
About the Author
HÉLÈNE ALFAROLecturer at the Université Paris Est- Créteil Val de Marne, France LAURY-NURIA ANDRÉPostgraduate student in Greek, Latin and the classical world FIONN BENNETTSenior lecturer at the University of Reims, France GERRY CAHILLArchitect, Fellow of the Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland and Lecturer at the School of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Civil Engineering, University College Dublin, Ireland PHILIPPE CAUVET Senior lecturer at the Université of Poitiers, France MARIE-CLAIRE CONSIDÈRE-CHARONProfessor Emeritus at the University of Franche-Comté, France CATHERINE CROCHETChoreographer and Performing Artist NESSA CRONINLecturer in Irish Studies at the Centre for Irish Studies, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland EMILE-JEAN DUMAYSpecialist of Drama Studies and Translator CHRISTIAN GIRIATArtistic Manager of the Théâtre Mobile in Lyons, France CATHERINE GROUTProfessor at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture et de Paysage in Lille, France DENIS HAMONFormer Postgraduate student at University College Dublin, Ireland JOANNA KRUCZKOWSKALecturer at the University of Lodz, Poland JAMES MCCABEGraduate from the University of Maynooth, Ireland CATHAL MCCALLSenior Lecturer in European Studies, Queen’s University, Belfast FIONA MCCANN Lecturer at the Université de Lille 3, France SYLVIE MIKOWSKIProfessor of Irish Studies at the University of Reims-Champagne-Ardenne, France PAULA MURPHYLecturer in Art History atUCD, Ireland BRENDAN O’SULLIVANDirector of the Programme in Planning and Sustainable Development at UCC and Visiting Academic at Université de Bretagne Occidentale at Brest, France KAREN RAYPhD researcher in the Programme in Planning and Sustainable Development at University College Cork, Ireland STEPHANIE SCHWERTERTeacher ofcomparative literature at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris, France YVONNE SCOTTDirector of TRIARC, the Irish Art Research Centre in Trinity College Dublin, Ireland MICHAEL STARRETTChief Executive of the Heritage Council of Ireland MATHEW STAUNTONAssociate Fellow of the The Graduate School of Creative Arts and Media Research, Ireland JACKIE WHELAN PhD candidate under the Walsh Fellowship Scheme with Teagasc and UCD, Ireland
