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Irlande-Anthologie-Revues ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DOSSIERS BIBLIOGRAPHIQUES DE LA LIBRAIRIE COMPAGNIE LES ÉCRIVAINS D’IRLANDE Nouvelle édition mise à jour et augmentée mise en ligne le 1er février 2014. (première édition en octobre 2003 ; réviséé en octobre 2010) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANTHOLOGIES / REVUES (classement par date de publication en français) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- — Anthologie de la littérature irlandaise, des origines au XXe siècle, édition de H. Hovelaque. [Paris], Éditions Delagrave, « Pallas », 1924, 400 pages, épuisé. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- — Les Lettres Nouvelles, numéro spécial : « Écrivains irlandais d’aujourd’hui », édition de Serge Fauchereau, traduit de l'anglais par Serge Fauchereau, Edith Fournier et Vivianne Forrester, illustrations de Jack Coughlin, Louis Le Brocquy et Jack Yeats. [Paris], Éditions Denoël, mars 1973, 240 pages, illus., épuisé. [Contient des poèmes et des textes de Samuel Beckett, Austin Clarke, Denis Devlin, Denis Donoghue, Michael Hartnett, Seamus Heaney, John Hewitt, Aidan Higgins, John Jordan, Trevor Joyce, Patrick Kavanagh, Thomas Kilroy, Thomas Kinsella, Michael Longley, John MacGahern, Thomas MacGreevy, Tom MacIntyre, Derek Mahon, John Montague, Brian Moore, Richard Murphy, John Montague, Conor Cruise O'Brien, Flann O'Brien, Desmond O'Grady, Sean O'Riordain, Richard Ryan, Michael Smith, John Millington Synge, William Butler Yeats]. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- — Digraphe n° 27 : « Aujourd’hui, la poésie irlandaise », 1982, épuisé. [Contient des poèmes de Seamus Deane, Michael Hartnett, Seamus Heaney, John Hewitt, Thomas Kinsella, Michael Longley, Medbh Macguckian, Derek Mahon, John Montague, Paul Muldoon, Eilean Ní Chuilleanáin, Frank Ormsby, Tom Paulin]. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9782903258528 — Une île et d’autres îles. Poèmes gaéliques du XXe siècle. Textes en gaélique et traduction française en regard, préface et traduction de Éamon Ó Ciosáin. [Quimper / Plomelin (Finistère)], Éditions Calligrammes, 1984, 140 pages, épuisé. [Contient des poèmes de Caitlín Maude, Pádraig Mac Piarais, Máire Mhac an tSaoi, Máirtín Ó Diréain, Seán Ó Riordáin, Eoghan Ó Tuairisc]. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9782857920311 — Anciennes voix celtiques, choix et introduction d'Alain Jean- Andre ; traduit par Alain Jean-Andre et René Daillie. [Gardonne, Dordogne], Éditions Fédérop, « Solaire », n°17, 1984, 72 pages, épuisé. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- — Brèves, n°13 : « Pages irlandaises », textes traduits et présentés par Isabelle Auricoste. [Villelongue], Éditions L’Atelier du gué, 1984, épuisé. [Nouvelles de Neil Jordan, Maeve Kelly, John MacGahern, Tom MacIntyre, Bernard MacLaverty, John Montague, Gillman Noonan, Padraig Rooney, Eithne Strong]. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9782864460695 — Poésies d’Irlande, textes choisis et présentés par Denis Rigal, traductions de Michel Bariou, Godeleine Carpentier, Erlé Denez, Danielle Jacquin, Deirdre McKeown-Laigle, Jean C. Noël, Denis Rigal et Angela Ryan. [Marseille], Éditions Sud, « Domaine étranger », 1987, 192 pages, épuisé. [Poèmes de Seamus Heaney, Patrick Kavanagh, Thomas Kinsella, Derek Mahon, John Montague, Paul Muldoon, Richard Murphy, Eithne Strong]. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9782905461261 — Anthologie de nouvelles irlandaises, trente-trois nouvelles choisies par Benedict Kiely et traduites sous la direction de Jacqueline Genet et Elisabeth Hellegouarc’h par Jacques Aubert, Valérie Burling, Dominique Catherine, Jean-Louis Chevalier, Colette Damm, Margie Debelle, Michel Dufour, Joël Dupont, Ginette Emprin, Jacques Emprin, Jean-Pierre Fichou, Georges Garnier, Jacqueline Genet, Annette Goizet, Elisabeth Lellegouarc’h, Bernard Legros, Fiona Mac Phail, Sylvianne Troadec, Danielle Wargny et Mary Wood. [Caen], Centre de publications de l’Université de Caen / Presses universitaires de Caen « Centre de littérature, civilisation et linguistique des pays de langue anglaise. R.C.P. d’Études irlandaises », 1987, 588 pages. [Nouvelles de Elizabeth Bowen, Patrick Boyle, William Carleton, Daniel Corkery, Ita Daly, Seamus De Faoite, Brian Friel, Lady Gregory, Stephen Gwynn, Aidan Higgins, John Jordan, Patrick Kavanagh, Mary Lavin, Tom MacIntyre, Bernard MacLaverty, Michael McLaverty, Brian Michael MacMahon, John Montague, George Moore, Val Mulkerns, Michael J. Murphy, Gillman Noonan, Edna O’Brien, Frank O’Connor, Julia O’Faolain, Sean O’Faolain, Liam O’Flaherty, James Plunkett, Sommerville et Ross, Eithne Strong, William Trevor, Mervyn Wall, Terence De Vere White]. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9782221115282 — Les Évadés des ténèbres, éd. Francis Lacassin. [Paris], Éditions Robert Laffont, « Bouquins », 1989 ; réimp., 2010, 1138 pages. [Contient : Ann Radcliffe, Les Mystères du château d'Udolphe (1794) ; Mary Shelley, Frankenstein (1818) ; Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Carmilla (1871) ; Bram Stoker, Dracula (1897), Gustav Meyrink, Le Golem (1915)]. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9782841330423 — Poètes d’Irlande du Nord, édition bilingue, publiée sous la direction de Colin Meir, avec la collaboration de Jacqueline Genet. [Cairon], Éditions Amiot-Lenganey, 1991, épuisé ; réédition augmentée : [Caen], Presses universitaires de Caen, « Groupe de recherches anglo-irlandaises de l’Université de Caen», 1995, 208 pages. [Poèmes de Seamus Heaney, John Hewitt, Michael Longley, Medbh MacGuckian, Derek Mahon, John Montague, Paul Muldoon]. Les poèmes de cette anthologie reflètent l’évolution thématique et stylistique de chacun des sept poètes de l’Ulster qui sont ici présentés. Ils ne constituent pas une école ou un mouvement, même si les ressemblances entre eux sont évidentes. Mais ils sont tous, sur un mode différent, les chroniqueurs de l’histoire de leur pays et de ses divisions sanglantes. Trois sont d’origine protestante, quatre d’origine catholique, dont Seamus Heaney qui a obtenu le prix Nobel de littérature en 1995. Ils incarnent différentes réponses de l’imaginaire à l’angoisse d’une société déchirée. Ils témoignent de ses malheurs mais montrent aussi, avec quelques réserves, leur espoir dans un avenir meilleur. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9782905461704 — Trente-deux nouvelles irlandaises (The Bodley Head book of Irish short stories, 1980 ; 1992), édition de David Marcus, traduit de l’anglais sous la direction de Jacqueline Genet et Elisabeth Hellegouarc’h par le Groupement de recherche d'études anglo-irlandaises du CNRS.. [Caen], Presses universitaires de Caen, 1992, 340 pages. [Contient des textes de Neil Jordan, James Joyce, John McGahern, Edna O'Brien, Somerville / Ross, William Trevor…]. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9782841330034 — Le Processus de la création chez les écrivains irlandais contemporains. Actes du colloque de Caen (juin 1992) organisé par le Centre de recherche de littérature et civilisation des pays de langues anglaise, Jacqueline Genet, Elisabeth Hellegouarc'h, Groupe de recherches anglo-irlandaises, éd.,. [Caen], Presses universitaires de Caen, « Littérature irlandaise », 1994, 196 pages. [Textes de John Banville, Seamus Heaney, Tom Kilroy, John McGahern, John Montague, Tom Murphy]. Le processus de la création est ici étudié en poésie, au théâtre et dans le roman, chez quelques-uns des auteurs les plus éminents de la littérature irlandaise contemporaine : Seamus Heaney et John Montague, Tom Kilroy et Tom Murphy, John McGahern et John Banville. Chaque écrivain essaie de déterminer ce qui se passe en lui lors de la gestation de son œuvre. En face, un critique expose son point de vue sur le même phénomène. L’écrivain se livre à une introspection courageuse ; le critique à une exploration minutieuse nourrie par l’examen des écrits. La convergence de ces regards intérieurs et extérieurs et leur complémentarité éclairent le mystère de la création. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9781873790465 — Voix d’Irlande et du Québec / Voices from Ireland and Quebec. Édition bilingue, choix et présentation par Fulvio Caccia et John F. Deane. [Saint-Hippolyte / Montréal, Québec], Éditions Le Noroît / [Dublin], Dedalus Press, 1996, « Résonance », 160 pages. [Anthologie bilingue consacrée à douze poètes du Québec et à douze poètes d'Irlande nés après 1940]. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- — Poésie 95, n°60 : « L’imaginaire irlandais », [Paris],
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