“From Cork […] to St. Peter’s Cupola”: The Idea of Italy in the Writings of Francis Sylvester Mahony
This article reconsiders the comparativist aesthetic of Francis Sylvester Mahony’s “Prout Papers” in relation to the direct crosscomparisons of Irish and Italian circumstances in his later Roman journalism, emphasising the importance of Italy to the two works he published in book form. It traces the...
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| description | This article reconsiders the comparativist aesthetic of Francis Sylvester
Mahony’s “Prout Papers” in relation to the direct crosscomparisons
of Irish and Italian circumstances in his later Roman
journalism, emphasising the importance of Italy to the two works
he published in book form. It traces the development of Mahony’s
thoughts on Catholic identity and nationalist politics in his Italian
writings. The decentred perspective on contemporary Ireland provided
by his commentaries on Italian affairs is used to discuss Mahony’s
interest in ‘doubleness’, focussing especially on his sometimes
provocative efforts to arrive at political understanding through the
dialectical examination of opposed viewpoints. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5313a09b18844b939bb0b8855531dc2d2022-12-22T01:22:35ZengFirenze University PressStudi Irlandesi2239-39782016-06-016610.13128/SIJIS-2239-3978-1846115386“From Cork […] to St. Peter’s Cupola”: The Idea of Italy in the Writings of Francis Sylvester MahonyFergus Dunne0Laboratorio editoriale OA / Dip. LILSIThis article reconsiders the comparativist aesthetic of Francis Sylvester Mahony’s “Prout Papers” in relation to the direct crosscomparisons of Irish and Italian circumstances in his later Roman journalism, emphasising the importance of Italy to the two works he published in book form. It traces the development of Mahony’s thoughts on Catholic identity and nationalist politics in his Italian writings. The decentred perspective on contemporary Ireland provided by his commentaries on Italian affairs is used to discuss Mahony’s interest in ‘doubleness’, focussing especially on his sometimes provocative efforts to arrive at political understanding through the dialectical examination of opposed viewpoints.https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/bsfm-sijis/article/view/7267 |
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| title | “From Cork […] to St. Peter’s Cupola”: The Idea of Italy in the Writings of Francis Sylvester Mahony |
| title_full | “From Cork […] to St. Peter’s Cupola”: The Idea of Italy in the Writings of Francis Sylvester Mahony |
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| title_short | “From Cork […] to St. Peter’s Cupola”: The Idea of Italy in the Writings of Francis Sylvester Mahony |
| title_sort | from cork to st peter s cupola the idea of italy in the writings of francis sylvester mahony |
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