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EnglishThe events of the 1790s in Ireland were closely linked to the foreign policy of the French Directory, to the extent that they have been described as «partners in revolution» [Elliott 1982]. This partnership has been described with regard to the lobbying of the French Directorate on the part of Irish revolutionaries such as Theobald Wolfe Tone. The extent to which the supporters of Irish independence looked to France in political and cultural matters can also be observed in the pages of a newspaper published in Dublin between September 1797 and March 1798 edited by the aristocratic republican Arthur O’Connor. This newspaper, The Press, published three times a week, was a curious hybrid of literary journal, chronicler of events in Ireland and observer of the progress of the French Directory and its armies. This article documents the material in this newspaper relating to France and deriving from French sources. The «foreign affections» of the United Irishmen emerge strongly, as does the reliance of the newspaper on texts in translation. The cosmopolitanism underlying the revolutionary movements of the 1790s, it is suggested, entailed a pervasive activity of translation which has not yet been fully acknowledged.
| Titolo: | The ‘Foreign Affections’ of the United Irishmen. France and the French Revolution in Arthur O’Connor’s The Press | |
| Autore/i: | Patrick Leech | |
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| Anno: | 2017 | |
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| Abstract: | The events of the 1790s in Ireland were closely linked to the foreign policy of the French Directory, to the extent that they have been described as «partners in revolution» [Elliott 1982]. This partnership has been described with regard to the lobbying of the French Directorate on the part of Irish revolutionaries such as Theobald Wolfe Tone. The extent to which the supporters of Irish independence looked to France in political and cultural matters can also be observed in the pages of a newspaper published in Dublin between September 1797 and March 1798 edited by the aristocratic republican Arthur O’Connor. This newspaper, The Press, published three times a week, was a curious hybrid of literary journal, chronicler of events in Ireland and observer of the progress of the French Directory and its armies. This article documents the material in this newspaper relating to France and deriving from French sources. The «foreign affections» of the United Irishmen emerge strongly, as does the reliance of the newspaper on texts in translation. The cosmopolitanism underlying the revolutionary movements of the 1790s, it is suggested, entailed a pervasive activity of translation which has not yet been fully acknowledged. | |
| Data stato definitivo: | 2021-03-01T17:42:18Z | |
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