George Moore

This collection conveys the spirit of an active scholarly community. Moores relationship with women excites a frenzy of attention a complex case, and interesting to clarify. Often, a contributor spots George Moore in a contemporarys writing, or notices how a motif from Moore is countered in a work by a contemporary. Overall, a fascinating fusion of scholarship, truly international. Adrian Frazier, Professor Emeritus at the University of Galway and author of George Moore: 18521933

Kathryn Laing lectures in the Department of English Language and Literature, MIC, University of Limerick. Mary Pierse, an independent scholar, formerly taught in the School of English at University College Cork.

Introduction I. Artistic Influences and Approaches The French Artist as Father, Muse and Rival in Memoirs of My Dead Life Ann Heilmann Superfluous Irish Gentry: Moore and Turgenev Mrta Pellrdi Literature, Music, Art and the Salon: George Moores Perennial Courting of Creativity Mary Pierse The Prefaces of George Moore: Enigma Variations Kathi R. Griffin II. Cherchez la Femme? Sphinxes without Secrets: Oscar Wilde, George Moore and the Woman Question Nathalie Saudo Welby George Moore, London Literary Ladies, Networks, and New Artistic Impulses Kathryn Laing The Puzzle of Gladys Parrishs Carfraes Comedy and George Moores Evelyn Innes: Some Intertextual Connections Brendan Fleming III. France: Fiction and Letters Between France and Ireland: How George Moore and Helen Waddell used Hlose and Ablard George Hughes A French Train of Thought in Two Men, a Railway Story: From Impressionism to Expressionism Michel Brunet Epistolary Truths: How one runs to ones mother when in trouble Maggie Breslin IV. Politics, Religion and Nationality George Moore and Decadent Catholicism: a Case Study of Evelyn Innes Claire Masurel Murray George Moores Irish Catholic Characters With English Names David Clare Appropriating George Moore: J.O. Hannays The Seething Pot Conor Montague