Kevin Whelan | University of Notre Dame (original) (raw)
Papers by Kevin Whelan
boundary 2, 1993
Said: Well, the closest parallel, I think, is with Orientalism, because I had actually thought of... more Said: Well, the closest parallel, I think, is with Orientalism, because I had actually thought of this book as a sequel to Orientalism. I started writing it almost immediately after Orientalism was published and after the initial responses in the form of reviews, and so on, came in. At the time, I thought that what I wanted to do was to write something that would deal with some of the problems in Orientalism. In fact, I did write an essay called "Orientalism Reconsidered," which I had originally thought of publishing as a kind of appendix to this book and which was in the nature of a response to
Explores the long term cultural impact of the Great Irish Famine 1845-1852: detailed coverage of... more Explores the long term cultural impact of the Great Irish Famine 1845-1852: detailed coverage of the keen, Irish dance, and hurling.
boundary 2, 2004
... There was, accordingly, a striking failure to develop new narrative strategies: rather, the o... more ... There was, accordingly, a striking failure to develop new narrative strategies: rather, the old ones were endlessly reformatted.39 The two most commercially successful examples of the 1990s are Nuala O'Faolain's Are You Somebody?40 and Frank McCourt's Angela's Ashes. ...
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The Irish Review (1986-), 1990
The Irish Review (1986-), 1991
Seanchas Ardmhacha: Journal of the Armagh Diocesan Historical Society, 1993
First of all, let me extend my thanks to Healing Through Remembrance for their kindness in inviti... more First of all, let me extend my thanks to Healing Through Remembrance for their kindness in inviting me to make this presentation. I am very pleased to have the opportunity to speak to you about some of my own reflections on the complex relationships among history, memory and storytelling (or testimony). The great scientist Albert Einstein once said to make things as simple as possible but no simpler. That is what I want to do this morning. I will use, at times, complex language because we need a complex language to describe complex issues. If it was all so very simple, we would have sorted it out long ago. So, I make no apologies for not condescending or dumbing down what I will talk about, because these are fundamental issues that have engaged the greatest minds in human culture as long as written evidence stretches back. It also brings us to the limits of the human condition and asks us to consider what evil might mean.
Linda Colley has stressed that the self-definition of Great Britain emerged essentially from heig... more Linda Colley has stressed that the self-definition of Great Britain emerged essentially from heightened awareness of the intractable other: British identity was invented after 1700, consolidating around what Britons had in common, rather than what divided them. At the heart of this self-definition was protestantism, envisioning Britain as an insular bastion, circled by a seething catholic sea and constantly besieged by continental, and especially French, catholicism. 1 This is the 'little England' so wonderfully summoned by Shakespeare in the speech of John of Gaunt in Richard II: This royal throne of kings, this scepter'd isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by Nature for herself Against infection and the hand of war, This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea Which serves it in the office of a wall, Or as a moat defensive to a house, Against the envy of less happier lands, This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England, This nurse, this teeming womb of royal kings. 2
boundary 2, 1993
Said: Well, the closest parallel, I think, is with Orientalism, because I had actually thought of... more Said: Well, the closest parallel, I think, is with Orientalism, because I had actually thought of this book as a sequel to Orientalism. I started writing it almost immediately after Orientalism was published and after the initial responses in the form of reviews, and so on, came in. At the time, I thought that what I wanted to do was to write something that would deal with some of the problems in Orientalism. In fact, I did write an essay called "Orientalism Reconsidered," which I had originally thought of publishing as a kind of appendix to this book and which was in the nature of a response to
Explores the long term cultural impact of the Great Irish Famine 1845-1852: detailed coverage of... more Explores the long term cultural impact of the Great Irish Famine 1845-1852: detailed coverage of the keen, Irish dance, and hurling.
boundary 2, 2004
... There was, accordingly, a striking failure to develop new narrative strategies: rather, the o... more ... There was, accordingly, a striking failure to develop new narrative strategies: rather, the old ones were endlessly reformatted.39 The two most commercially successful examples of the 1990s are Nuala O'Faolain's Are You Somebody?40 and Frank McCourt's Angela's Ashes. ...
<< Torna ai risultati. Scheda Articolo. ...
The Irish Review (1986-), 1990
The Irish Review (1986-), 1991
Seanchas Ardmhacha: Journal of the Armagh Diocesan Historical Society, 1993
First of all, let me extend my thanks to Healing Through Remembrance for their kindness in inviti... more First of all, let me extend my thanks to Healing Through Remembrance for their kindness in inviting me to make this presentation. I am very pleased to have the opportunity to speak to you about some of my own reflections on the complex relationships among history, memory and storytelling (or testimony). The great scientist Albert Einstein once said to make things as simple as possible but no simpler. That is what I want to do this morning. I will use, at times, complex language because we need a complex language to describe complex issues. If it was all so very simple, we would have sorted it out long ago. So, I make no apologies for not condescending or dumbing down what I will talk about, because these are fundamental issues that have engaged the greatest minds in human culture as long as written evidence stretches back. It also brings us to the limits of the human condition and asks us to consider what evil might mean.
Linda Colley has stressed that the self-definition of Great Britain emerged essentially from heig... more Linda Colley has stressed that the self-definition of Great Britain emerged essentially from heightened awareness of the intractable other: British identity was invented after 1700, consolidating around what Britons had in common, rather than what divided them. At the heart of this self-definition was protestantism, envisioning Britain as an insular bastion, circled by a seething catholic sea and constantly besieged by continental, and especially French, catholicism. 1 This is the 'little England' so wonderfully summoned by Shakespeare in the speech of John of Gaunt in Richard II: This royal throne of kings, this scepter'd isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by Nature for herself Against infection and the hand of war, This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea Which serves it in the office of a wall, Or as a moat defensive to a house, Against the envy of less happier lands, This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England, This nurse, this teeming womb of royal kings. 2