{"product_id":"diplomacy-and-the-modern-novel-france-britain-and-the-mission-of-literature-hardback-9781487508098","title":"Diplomacy and the Modern Novel; France, Britain, and the Mission of Literature (Hardback) 9781487508098","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDiplomacy and the Modern Novel\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFrance, Britain, and the Mission of Literature\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eIsabelle Daunais (Edited by), Allan Hepburn (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487508098\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 16 October 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e252 pages, 2 b\u0026amp;w illustrations\u003cbr\u003e23.1 x 15.7 x 2.3 cm, 0.5 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween 1900 and 1960, many writers in France and Britain either had parallel careers in diplomatic corps or frequented diplomatic circles: Paul Claudel, Albert Cohen, Lawrence Durrell, Graham Greene, John le Carré, André Malraux, Nancy Mitford, Marcel Proust, and others. What attracts writers to diplomacy, and what attracts diplomats to publishing their experiences in memoirs or novels?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLike novelists, diplomats are in the habit of describing situations with an eye for atmosphere, personalities, and looming crises. Yet novels about diplomats, far from putting a solemn face on everything, often devolve into comedy if not outright farce. Anachronistic yet charming, diplomats take the long view of history and social transformation, which puts them out of step with their times – at least in fiction. In this collection of essays, eleven contributors reflect on diplomacy in French and British novels, with particular focus on temporality, style, comedy, characterization, and the professional liabilities attached to representing a state abroad. With archival examples as evidence, the essays in this volume indicate that modern fiction, especially fiction about diplomacy, is a response to the increasing speed of communication, the decline of imperial power, and the ceding of old ways of negotiating to new.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Mission of Literature: Modern Novels and Diplomacy \u003cbr\u003eAllan Hepburn, McGill University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart One: Diplomatic Experience \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Making a Song and Dance of It: Staging Diplomacy in William Gerhardi\u0026amp;#x2019;s Early Novels\u003cbr\u003eClaire Davison, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e2. The League of Nations as Seen by Albert Cohen: A User\u0026amp;#x2019;s Guide to Social Magic\u003cbr\u003eMaxime Decout, Université de Lille\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Modern Negotiations: Harold Nicolson\u0026amp;#x2019;s Peacemaking 1919 and  Public Faces\u003cbr\u003eCaroline Z. Krzakowski, Northern Michigan University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Two: Novels and Diplomacy \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Diplomatic Dispatch Style: Towards a New Aesthetic of the Novel \u003cbr\u003eIsabelle Daunais, McGill University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Conrad\u0026amp;#x2019;s Politics of Idealism: Diplomacy without Diplomats\u003cbr\u003eStephen Ross, University of Victoria\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e6. André Gide and the Art of Evasion \u003cbr\u003eMichel Biron, McGill University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Three: Documents \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Proust\u0026amp;#x2019;s Epistolary Diplomacy: Antoine Bibesco, René Peter, and \"Salaïsme\"\u003cbr\u003eFrançois Proulx, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. The Art of Conversation: Nancy Mitford, France, and Cultural Diplomacy\u003cbr\u003eAllan Hepburn, McGill University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Four: Foreign Affairs\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Action, Diplomacy, Art: André Malraux and Graham Greene\u003cbr\u003eRobert L. Caserio, Pennsylvania State University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Mythography and Diplomacy in Works by Ian Fleming and John le Carré\u003cbr\u003eMaxime Prévost, University of Ottawa\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Lawrence Durrell: Diplomacy as Farce \u003cbr\u003eMaria DiBattista, Princeton University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorks Cited \u003cbr\u003eContributors\u003cbr\u003eIndex \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52595482460440,"sku":"9781487508098","price":36.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/diplomacy-and-the-modern-novel-france-britain-and-the-mission-of-literature-hardback-9781487508098","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}