Muireann Maguire
Biographic Data
| ID | 3858645 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Muireann Maguire |
| GIVEN NAMES | Muireann |
| FAMILY NAME | Maguire |
| SIGNATURE | MAGUIRE M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Modern Languages, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7615-6720 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
A hitherto unheard‐of and harmful thing”
This article examines the construction of maternal subjectivity in the context of breastfeeding narratives in Russian literature, from the early 1800s to the 1920s. It draws on historical and contemporary socio‐economic contexts, in Russia and the West, to support its major contention that, in literature, breastfeeding and violence are intrinsically connected at a symbolic level. As a literary trope, breastfeeding tends to be presented either as …
Jonathan Paine, Selling the Story
Reflecting on Jeffrey Brooks’ The Firebird and the Fox
This essay responds to Jeffrey Brooks’ 2020 monograph The Firebird and the Fox , drawing attention to Brooks’ emphasis on a set of cultural symbols persistent during the historical period he surveys, and on the social activism which he identifies with leading Russian cultural figures such as Tolstoi and Chekhov. In support of Brooks’ argument, I present the example of Aleksandr Chaianov (1888–1937), a specialist in agronomy and amateur writer who…
From Dostoevsky to Yeltsin
This article proposes the metaphor of prizemlenie (landing) as a new investigative approach to Translation Studies. Prizemlenie refers to literary texts which ‘land’ in the target language’s literary field without acquiring wide readership or becoming integrated in the target culture. Focussing on literary translation from Russian to Irish, I survey the record of An Gúm, the Irish Free State’s official publishing organization, with regard to lite…
Institutional Gothic in the novels of Vladimir Sharov and Evgenii Vodolazkin
Vladimir Sharov (1952–2018) and Evgenii Vodolazkin (1964–) are among the most significant and influential writers of contemporary postmodern Russian fiction. This article argues that the subgenre of institutional Gothic – defined here as Gothic plots set in mental asylums, hospital wards, and other places of involuntary confinement – is an important structural and metafictional element in their novels. It also suggests that these authors’ use of …
Slavic Studies in the United Kingdom
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Aleksei N. Tolstoi and the Enigmatic Engineer
In this article, Muireann Maguire examines the cultural construction of the trope of the engineer-inventor in Russia during the 1920s and 1930s, focusing on the changing representation of this archetype in three science fiction novels by Aleksei Tolstoi: Aelita (1922-23), Soiuzpiati (The Gang of Five, 1925), and Giperboloid inzhenera Garina (Engineer Garin's Death Ray, 1925-26). Tolstoi's fiction portrays engineers as misguided and self-centred a…
The Wizard in the Tower
Introduction Much has been written on the role of alchemy in literature, yet surprisingly little on the role of alchemists. While numerous studies examine alchemy as a metaphor and rhetorical conceit in both European and Russian literature, comparatively few explore representations of the alchemist, even though the latter is formative for contemporary cultural models of the scientist.3 Even today, scientific achievements are conceptualized in
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The Wizard in the Tower
Introduction Much has been written on the role of alchemy in literature, yet surprisingly little on the role of alchemists. While numerous studies examine alchemy as a metaphor and rhetorical conceit in both European and Russian literature, comparatively few explore representations of the alchemist, even though the latter is formative for contemporary cultural models of the scientist.3 Even today, scientific achievements are conceptualized in
Aleksei N. Tolstoi and the Enigmatic Engineer
In this article, Muireann Maguire examines the cultural construction of the trope of the engineer-inventor in Russia during the 1920s and 1930s, focusing on the changing representation of this archetype in three science fiction novels by Aleksei Tolstoi: Aelita (1922-23), Soiuzpiati (The Gang of Five, 1925), and Giperboloid inzhenera Garina (Engineer Garin's Death Ray, 1925-26). Tolstoi's fiction portrays engineers as misguided and self-centred a…
Institutional Gothic in the novels of Vladimir Sharov and Evgenii Vodolazkin
Vladimir Sharov (1952–2018) and Evgenii Vodolazkin (1964–) are among the most significant and influential writers of contemporary postmodern Russian fiction. This article argues that the subgenre of institutional Gothic – defined here as Gothic plots set in mental asylums, hospital wards, and other places of involuntary confinement – is an important structural and metafictional element in their novels. It also suggests that these authors’ use of …
Slavic Studies in the United Kingdom
No description available
From Dostoevsky to Yeltsin
This article proposes the metaphor of prizemlenie (landing) as a new investigative approach to Translation Studies. Prizemlenie refers to literary texts which ‘land’ in the target language’s literary field without acquiring wide readership or becoming integrated in the target culture. Focussing on literary translation from Russian to Irish, I survey the record of An Gúm, the Irish Free State’s official publishing organization, with regard to lite…
Reflecting on Jeffrey Brooks’ The Firebird and the Fox
This essay responds to Jeffrey Brooks’ 2020 monograph The Firebird and the Fox , drawing attention to Brooks’ emphasis on a set of cultural symbols persistent during the historical period he surveys, and on the social activism which he identifies with leading Russian cultural figures such as Tolstoi and Chekhov. In support of Brooks’ argument, I present the example of Aleksandr Chaianov (1888–1937), a specialist in agronomy and amateur writer who…
Jonathan Paine, Selling the Story
A hitherto unheard‐of and harmful thing”
This article examines the construction of maternal subjectivity in the context of breastfeeding narratives in Russian literature, from the early 1800s to the 1920s. It draws on historical and contemporary socio‐economic contexts, in Russia and the West, to support its major contention that, in literature, breastfeeding and violence are intrinsically connected at a symbolic level. As a literary trope, breastfeeding tends to be presented either as …
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