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That dangerous serpent: Garibaldi and Ireland 1860 - 1870
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2010-09-28)This article analyses the reaction to Garibaldi in Ireland during the Risorgimento, a reaction which, in its negativity, generally contrasted with the Italian's heroic depiction elsewhere. Attitudes towards Garibaldi ... -
The Threshold and the Topos of the Remnant: Giorgio Agamben
(Taylor & Francis, 2008-04)In this article I will follow Agamben as he conceptualises the space of the threshold. The next section will be devoted to investigating Agamben's reading of Paul, with particular attention to hope and love. I will show ... -
Translating the Vatican: Paul Cullen, power and language in nineteenth-century Ireland
(Taylor & Francis, 2014-09-29)This paper examines how one of the most influential figures in nineteenth-century Ireland, Cardinal Paul Cullen, used language and translation to further his career and his vision for the Catholic Church in this period. ... -
Translating the village: Translation as part of the everyday lives of asylum seekers in Italy
(John Benjamins Publishing, 2020-10-27)This article explores translation in the lives of asylum seekers from various African countries living in state-provided accommodation in the region of Umbria, Italy. While (semi) professional translators and interpreters ... -
Travel literature and traveling Irishness: An Italian case study
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2017)This chapter looks at the important societal, cultural, and historical issues relating to Irish travel to Europe in the nineteenth century. Using the case study of Julia Kavanagh’s travel book on Italy, A Summer and Winter ... -
Triumphant failure: the return of the Irish Papal Brigade
(Cork Historical and Archaeological Society, 2009)In early 1860, Italian unification was gaining momentum and Pope Pius IX, the temporal ruler of large parts of central Italy, feared an invasion of his extensive territories by the troops of Victor Emanuel of Piedmont ... -
A voyage into Catholicism: Irish travel to Italy in the nineteenth century
(Taylor & Francis, 2016-05-19)The analysis of travel writing and Italy has often focused on the beauty, the history and the heritage of the country; this essay argues that religion was a key element in depictions of the country and that this was ... -
War, virtue and mobilization in the Risorgimento: Massimo d’Azeglio’s Niccolò de’ Lapi
(Firenze University Press, 2015)[No abstract available]