Audrey Robitaillié
Biographic Data
| ID | 3815364 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Audrey Robitaillié |
| GIVEN NAMES | Audrey |
| FAMILY NAME | Robitaillié |
| SIGNATURE | ROBITAILLIÉ A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queen's University Belfast |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8020-8412 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Another Break in the Wall
Borders, walls, and migrant characters who challenge them feature prominently in the works of Hugo Hamilton, a transnational author whose German mother immigrated to Ireland after World War 2. This article focuses on the depiction of the Berlin Wall in four of his novels set in Germany. Interweaving personal and world histories, past and present, Hamilton explores relationships – with places as much as with people. In Surrogate City (1990), the n…
Fantastic changelings
Folk beliefs around changelings, iarlaisí in Irish, are numerous in Ireland: fairies would take humans away to the Otherworld, while leaving a substitute in place of the stolen person. A number of ...
The Power of Stories
annual conference in Trinity College Dublin, where Hugo Hamilton was invited, among a panel of writers including Carlo
Introduction
According to folk beliefs, people say that the fairies are out on the night of Samhain: “Deireann na daoine go mbíonn sidheogaí amuigh oidhche Shamhna”, in the words of an informant for the Schools' Collection (NFCS 249). And so is this special issue of Estudios Irlandeses entitled “New Perspectives on Irish Folklore”! Far less risky
The Bagpipe Player in the Cradle, an Irish Changeling Motif
This study investigates the motif of music, and particularly of bagpipe-playing, in Irish changeling folk narratives, an aspect which has seldom so far been researched. After an overview of its corpus, this article will detail the characteristics of ‘Changeling Piper’ tales to then look at the symbolism of the bagpipe in this context. A final analysis of the dissemination of the sources on changelings playing the pipes suggests that this motif is…
What’s in a Name? Reading the Character of Mary/Moira in Jane Urquhart’s Away
Introduction Jane Urquhart’s Away (1993) is centred on the character of Mary, who is thought to be “away with the fairies”, in a context of Famine and emigration. The novel, starting on Rathlin Island in the north of Ireland, ends in Ontario, and thus highlights the double meaning of its title. As a young woman on
Fantastic changelings
Folk beliefs around changelings, iarlaisí in Irish, are numerous in Ireland: fairies would take humans away to the Otherworld, while leaving a substitute in place of the stolen person. A number of ...
The Bagpipe Player in the Cradle, an Irish Changeling Motif
This study investigates the motif of music, and particularly of bagpipe-playing, in Irish changeling folk narratives, an aspect which has seldom so far been researched. After an overview of its corpus, this article will detail the characteristics of ‘Changeling Piper’ tales to then look at the symbolism of the bagpipe in this context. A final analysis of the dissemination of the sources on changelings playing the pipes suggests that this motif is…
What’s in a Name? Reading the Character of Mary/Moira in Jane Urquhart’s Away
Introduction Jane Urquhart’s Away (1993) is centred on the character of Mary, who is thought to be “away with the fairies”, in a context of Famine and emigration. The novel, starting on Rathlin Island in the north of Ireland, ends in Ontario, and thus highlights the double meaning of its title. As a young woman on
Introduction
According to folk beliefs, people say that the fairies are out on the night of Samhain: “Deireann na daoine go mbíonn sidheogaí amuigh oidhche Shamhna”, in the words of an informant for the Schools' Collection (NFCS 249). And so is this special issue of Estudios Irlandeses entitled “New Perspectives on Irish Folklore”! Far less risky
The Bagpipe Player in the Cradle, an Irish Changeling Motif
This study investigates the motif of music, and particularly of bagpipe-playing, in Irish changeling folk narratives, an aspect which has seldom so far been researched. After an overview of its corpus, this article will detail the characteristics of ‘Changeling Piper’ tales to then look at the symbolism of the bagpipe in this context. A final analysis of the dissemination of the sources on changelings playing the pipes suggests that this motif is…
The Power of Stories
annual conference in Trinity College Dublin, where Hugo Hamilton was invited, among a panel of writers including Carlo
Fantastic changelings
Folk beliefs around changelings, iarlaisí in Irish, are numerous in Ireland: fairies would take humans away to the Otherworld, while leaving a substitute in place of the stolen person. A number of ...
Another Break in the Wall
Borders, walls, and migrant characters who challenge them feature prominently in the works of Hugo Hamilton, a transnational author whose German mother immigrated to Ireland after World War 2. This article focuses on the depiction of the Berlin Wall in four of his novels set in Germany. Interweaving personal and world histories, past and present, Hamilton explores relationships – with places as much as with people. In Surrogate City (1990), the n…
Art (5 works) · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies (4 works) · Irish (4 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · History (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Narrative (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works)