Critical Reappraisal of the Writings of Francis Sylvester Mahony

Fergus Dunne received his Ph.D. in Anglo-Irish literature at the University of Sussex. His dissertation presented a critical reappraisal of the texts and contexts of Francis Sylvester Mahony. He has published several articles on various aspects of Mahony’s literary and journalistic careers in international peer-reviewed journals.

• Table of ContentsIntroductionBiographical OverviewSection 1. 1. Centrally Peripheral, Peripherally Central: The "Prout Papers" of Francis Sylvester Mahony William Maginn, Cork, and Fraser’s MagazineThe "Prout Papers"Mahony and O’ConnellClassicism and Cultural ContinuityPeripheral Considerations?Conclusion2. "Oppression Makes a Wise Man Mad": Representations of Jonathan Swift in the Writings of Francis Sylvester Mahony Economic Patriot?Fictional Considerations: Sincerity and Irony Conclusion3. "Attaining Majority" in the Celtic Peripheries: Francis Sylvester Mahony, Walter Scott, and "The Groves of Blarney" "A Plea for Pilgrimages"Antiquarianism and Narrative History"The Groves of Blarney"Conclusion4. The Politics of Translation in "The Rogueries of Thomas Moore" Moore as Nationalist Commentator(Mis)representing the Irish PastThe Politicization of Historical DiscourseEquivalence and Politicized TranslationConclusion5. "Custom Doth Make Dotards of Us All": Peripheral Perspectives on the Center in the "Prout Papers" and Sartor ResartusMahony, Carlyle, and Sartor ResartusIntercultural Dialogue: Scottish and Irish CorrelationsTranslating the Center and PeripheryCultural TranslationConclusionSection 2. 6. "From Cork […] to St. Peter’s Cupola": The Idea of Italy in the Writings of Francis Sylvester MahonyMahony and The Daily NewsAllegorizing Italian History"The Fag End of an Old Reign""Unfurling the Banner of Reform"Mahony, Young Ireland, and Roman RepublicanismConclusion7. "The Independent Expression of Public Opinion": The Paris Correspondence of Francis Sylvester MahonyThe Globe Correspondence in ContextParisian LettersUltramontanism in FranceMahony and Archbishop CullenProgressive Liberalism and Fenian RepublicanismConclusionSection 3. 8. Fragments, Politics, and "The Bells of Shandon"Literary and Local Contexts "The Bells of Shandon"Critical ReceptionConclusion9. "Shameful Literary Traditions": Daniel Corkery and the Literary Reputation of Francis Sylvester Mahony Nineteenth-Century PerspectivesIrish-Ireland, Daniel Corkery, and Literary ExpatriationInterpreting Mahony after Synge and Anglo-Irish Literature Conclusion10. Cosmopolitanism in the Margins: Francis Sylvester Mahony, James Clarence Mangan, and the Author-Translator in Nineteenth-Century Irish LiteratureMahony and Mangan as Irish Catholic MagazinistsIndirection and Pseudonymous AuthorshipParodic Translation and Literary PaternityConclusion