Why have so many diplomats been writers? Why have so many writers served as diplomats? This book provides some fascinating insights into the connections between literature and diplomacy.
Why have so many diplomats been writers? Why have so many writers served as diplomats? This book provides some fascinating insights into the connections between literature and diplomacy.
Isabelle Daunais is a Canada Research Chair and professor in the Department of French Literature at McGill University. Allan Hepburn is the James McGill Professor of Twentieth-Century Literature at McGill University.
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Acknowledgments The Mission of Literature: Modern Novels and Diplomacy Allan Hepburn, McGill University Part One: Diplomatic Experience 1. Making a Song and Dance of It: Staging Diplomacy in William Gerhardi’s Early Novels Claire Davison, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle
2. The League of Nations as Seen by Albert Cohen: A User’s Guide to Social Magic Maxime Decout, Université de Lille 3. Modern Negotiations: Harold Nicolson’s Peacemaking 1919 and Public Faces Caroline Z. Krzakowski, Northern Michigan University Part Two: Novels and Diplomacy 4. Diplomatic Dispatch Style: Towards a New Aesthetic of the Novel Isabelle Daunais, McGill University 5. Conrad’s Politics of Idealism: Diplomacy without Diplomats Stephen Ross, University of Victoria
6. André Gide and the Art of Evasion Michel Biron, McGill University Part Three: Documents 7. Proust’s Epistolary Diplomacy: Antoine Bibesco, René Peter, and "Salaïsme" François Proulx, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 8. The Art of Conversation: Nancy Mitford, France, and Cultural Diplomacy Allan Hepburn, McGill University Part Four: Foreign Affairs 9. Action, Diplomacy, Art: André Malraux and Graham Greene Robert L. Caserio, Pennsylvania State University 10. Mythography and Diplomacy in Works by Ian Fleming and John le Carré Maxime Prévost, University of Ottawa 11. Lawrence Durrell: Diplomacy as Farce Maria DiBattista, Princeton University Works Cited Contributors Index
Acknowledgments The Mission of Literature: Modern Novels and Diplomacy Allan Hepburn, McGill University Part One: Diplomatic Experience 1. Making a Song and Dance of It: Staging Diplomacy in William Gerhardi’s Early Novels Claire Davison, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle
2. The League of Nations as Seen by Albert Cohen: A User’s Guide to Social Magic Maxime Decout, Université de Lille 3. Modern Negotiations: Harold Nicolson’s Peacemaking 1919 and Public Faces Caroline Z. Krzakowski, Northern Michigan University Part Two: Novels and Diplomacy 4. Diplomatic Dispatch Style: Towards a New Aesthetic of the Novel Isabelle Daunais, McGill University 5. Conrad’s Politics of Idealism: Diplomacy without Diplomats Stephen Ross, University of Victoria
6. André Gide and the Art of Evasion Michel Biron, McGill University Part Three: Documents 7. Proust’s Epistolary Diplomacy: Antoine Bibesco, René Peter, and "Salaïsme" François Proulx, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 8. The Art of Conversation: Nancy Mitford, France, and Cultural Diplomacy Allan Hepburn, McGill University Part Four: Foreign Affairs 9. Action, Diplomacy, Art: André Malraux and Graham Greene Robert L. Caserio, Pennsylvania State University 10. Mythography and Diplomacy in Works by Ian Fleming and John le Carré Maxime Prévost, University of Ottawa 11. Lawrence Durrell: Diplomacy as Farce Maria DiBattista, Princeton University Works Cited Contributors Index
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