Michael G Kelly


Contact Details

Professor
University of Limerick
Plassey
Co. Limerick
Ireland
T: 061 213174
E: michael.g.kelly@ul.ie
 
researcher

Biography

[On sabbatical AY 2023-24]

Michael G. Kelly has lectured in French and comparative literature at UL since 2003, having previously taught and studied at a number of universities and other HE institutions in France, Ireland, and the UK. 

He currently serves as Director of the Ralahine Centre for Utopian Studies (an interdisciplinary research centre at UL), and as Managing Editor of the Ralahine Utopian Studies book series (published by Peter Lang).

Areas of research interest include modern poetry and poetics in French, utopian theory and texts in a comparative perspective, interdisciplinary approaches to textual interpretation, and issues of literary and artistic individuation in modern and contemporary contexts. A current book project concerns the question of individuation in modern and contemporary French poetry. Another ongoing comparative project explores the question of cognitive mapping in contemporary European literature.




Research Interests

Modern and contemporary poetry and poetics in French; Vectors and discourses of utopia; Theories and treatments of space in literary thought; The subject and the work of writing, with specific reference to literary individuation; Cognitive mapping in contemporary European literature; Literary Urban Studies; Interdisciplinary approaches to textual interpretation; Law, language and literature; Developments in the fields of comparative literature and critical theory

 
 
 

Books

  Year Publication
2020 Strands of Utopia. Spaces of Poetic Work in Twentieth-Century France.
Kelly, Michael G. (2020) Strands of Utopia. Spaces of Poetic Work in Twentieth-Century France. London: Routledge. [DOI] [Details]
2008 Strands of Utopia. Spaces of Poetic Work in Twentieth-Century France.
Kelly, Michael G. (2008) Strands of Utopia. Spaces of Poetic Work in Twentieth-Century France. Oxford: Legenda. [DOI] [Details]

Edited Books

  Year Publication
2023 Utopia, Equity and Ideology in Urban Texts. Fair and Unfair Cities
Kelly, Michael G. and Mariano Paz (Ed.). (2023) Utopia, Equity and Ideology in Urban Texts. Fair and Unfair Cities Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. [DOI] [Details]
2023 Other Destinations: Translating the Mid-sized European City
Kelly, Michael G., Jorge Mejía Hernández, Sonja Novak and Giuseppe Resta (Ed.). (2023) Other Destinations: Translating the Mid-sized European City Osijek: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Josip Juraj Strossmayer University. [DOI] [Details]
2023 Urban Utopics. Forum for Modern Language Studies Vol. 59(1), January 2023
Kelly, Michael G. and Mariano Paz (Ed.). (2023) Urban Utopics. Forum for Modern Language Studies Vol. 59(1), January 2023 Oxford: Oxford University Press. [DOI] [Details]
2017 Comparative Becomings. Studies in Transition
Kelly, Michael G. and Daragh O'Connell (Ed.). (2017) Comparative Becomings. Studies in Transition Oxford: Peter Lang. [DOI] [Details]
2015 La poésie à l'oeuvre: Poetry, Philosophy, Politics. L’Esprit Créateur, Vol. 55 (1), Spring 2015
Azérad, Hugues and Michael G. Kelly (Ed.). (2015) La poésie à l'oeuvre: Poetry, Philosophy, Politics. L’Esprit Créateur, Vol. 55 (1), Spring 2015 Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press. [DOI] [Details]
2013 Chantiers du poème. Prémisses et pratiques de la création poétique moderne et contemporaine
Azérad, Hugues, Michael G Kelly, Nina Parish and Emma Wagstaff (Ed.). (2013) Chantiers du poème. Prémisses et pratiques de la création poétique moderne et contemporaine Oxford: Peter Lang. [DOI] [Details]
2012 Poetic Practice and the Practice of Poetics in French since 1945. French Forum, 37.1-2, Winter/Spring 2012
Azérad, Hugues, Michael G. Kelly, Nina Parish and Emma Wagstaff (Ed.). (2012) Poetic Practice and the Practice of Poetics in French since 1945. French Forum, 37.1-2, Winter/Spring 2012 Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press. [DOI] [Details]

Peer Reviewed Journals

  Year Publication
2023 'Limerick Extra Muros: Urbanity from the Outside'
Kelly, Michael G. and Anna Ryan Moloney (2023) 'Limerick Extra Muros: Urbanity from the Outside'. Writingplace Journal for Architecture and Literature, 8/9 (2023) :94-117 [DOI] [Details]
2023 'Scale as Commodity'
Kelly, Michael G. (2023) 'Scale as Commodity'. Writingplace Journal for Architecture and Literature, 8/9 (2023) :42-44 [DOI] [Details]
2023 'Literary City Limits: Cognitive Mapping in Contemporary Marseille'
Kelly, Michael G. (2023) 'Literary City Limits: Cognitive Mapping in Contemporary Marseille'. Forum For Modern Language Studies, 59 (1):140-159 [DOI] [Details]
2023 'Urban Utopics: Writing the City in the Light of Utopia'
Kelly, Michael G. and Mariano Paz (2023) 'Urban Utopics: Writing the City in the Light of Utopia'. Forum For Modern Language Studies, 59 (1):1-17 [DOI] [Details]
2022 'Wie aus fernem Land (sur Gilles Ortlieb)'
Kelly, Michael G. (2022) 'Wie aus fernem Land (sur Gilles Ortlieb)'. Europe, 100 (1115):140-150 [DOI] [Details]
2021 'Baudelaire and the Poetic Margin: Generic Resistances and Human Remainders in the Contemporary Scene'
Kelly, Michael G. (2021) 'Baudelaire and the Poetic Margin: Generic Resistances and Human Remainders in the Contemporary Scene'. The Irish Journal Of French Studies, 21 (1):53-84 [DOI] [Details]
2016 'Utopian Studies in Ireland'
Kelly, Michael G. (2016) 'Utopian Studies in Ireland'. Utopian Studies, 27 (3):457-467 [DOI] [Details]
2015 'De l’entre-deux à l’indivisible (sur la personne jouvienne)'
Kelly, Michael G. (2015) 'De l’entre-deux à l’indivisible (sur la personne jouvienne)'. Cahiers Pierre Jean Jouve, 3 :119-133 [Details]
2015 'Du droit au poème. Jacques Dupin et la question d’une institutionnalité poétique'
Kelly, Michael G. (2015) 'Du droit au poème. Jacques Dupin et la question d’une institutionnalité poétique'. L’Esprit Créateur, 55 (1):34-51 [DOI] [Details]
2015 'Introduction. La poésie à l’oeuvre: Poetry, Philosophy, Politics'
Kelly, Michael G. (2015) 'Introduction. La poésie à l’oeuvre: Poetry, Philosophy, Politics'. L’Esprit Créateur, 55 (1):1-10 [DOI] [Details]
2014 'Un monde nouveau (sur Jean-Paul Michel)'
Kelly, Michael G. (2014) 'Un monde nouveau (sur Jean-Paul Michel)'. Revue Nu(e), (56):119-124 [DOI] [Details]
2014 'Perec et la contrainte du réel, ou l’Horizon du cartographe'
Kelly, Michael G. (2014) 'Perec et la contrainte du réel, ou l’Horizon du cartographe'. L'Atelier Du Roman, 19 (79):49-56 [Details]
2014 'Model Behaviour. Cocteau, Radiguet and La Princesse de Clèves'
Kelly, Michael G. (2014) 'Model Behaviour. Cocteau, Radiguet and La Princesse de Clèves'. Neophilologus, 98 (1):23-40 [DOI] [Details]
2013 'Parole et utopie. Paradigmes de la transition postcoloniale chez Ó Cadhain et Senghor'
Kelly, Michael G. (2013) 'Parole et utopie. Paradigmes de la transition postcoloniale chez Ó Cadhain et Senghor'. Revue de Littérature Comparée, LXXXVII (4):441-458 [DOI] [Details]
2013 'Délires d’Europe. Le roman contemporain aux prises avec ses origines (Lobo Antunes, Senges)'
Kelly, Michael G. (2013) 'Délires d’Europe. Le roman contemporain aux prises avec ses origines (Lobo Antunes, Senges)'. Romanesques, 5 (Hors-série):173-190 [DOI] [Details]
2013 'Jarry, Stevenson and Cosmopolitan Ambivalence'
Kelly, Michael G. (2013) 'Jarry, Stevenson and Cosmopolitan Ambivalence'. Comparative Critical Studies, 10 :199-218 [DOI] [Details]
2012 'Poetic Practice and the Practice of Poetics in French since 1945 (Guest Editors’ Introduction)'
Azérad, Hugues, Michael G. Kelly, Nina Parish and Emma Wagstaff (2012) 'Poetic Practice and the Practice of Poetics in French since 1945 (Guest Editors’ Introduction)'. French Forum, 37 (1-2):ix-xi [DOI] [Details]
2012 'Synthèses et relais: Mapping Confluences and Migrations in Poetic Practice (Introduction)'
Kelly, Michael G. and Nina Parish (2012) 'Synthèses et relais: Mapping Confluences and Migrations in Poetic Practice (Introduction)'. French Forum, 37 (1):1-6 [DOI] [Details]
2011 'Poetry as a Foreign Language: Unhoused Writing Subjects in the Extrême Contemporain'
Kelly, Michael G. (2011) 'Poetry as a Foreign Language: Unhoused Writing Subjects in the Extrême Contemporain'. Forum For Modern Language Studies, 47 :393-407 [DOI] [Details]
2010 'Jouve et la raison poétique'
Kelly, Michael G. (2010) 'Jouve et la raison poétique'. Cahiers Pierre Jean Jouve, 2 :39-52 [Details]
2009 'Literary Individuation and the Ethnography of Indifference: Reading Augé after Houellebecq'
Kelly, Michael G. (2009) 'Literary Individuation and the Ethnography of Indifference: Reading Augé after Houellebecq'. The Irish Journal Of French Studies, 9 :69-92 [DOI] [Details]
2009 'Du Droit à la Littérature'
Kelly, Michael G. (2009) 'Du Droit à la Littérature'. International Journal Of Legal Semiotics / Revue Internationale De Sémiotique, 22 (3):343-353 [DOI] [Details]
2008 'La conversion impure (sur Pierre Jean Jouve)'
Kelly, Michael G. (2008) 'La conversion impure (sur Pierre Jean Jouve)'. L'Atelier Du Roman, 14 (56):63-73 [Details]
2007 'La parole donnée : individuation et mélancolie du poète Goffette'
Kelly, Michael G. (2007) 'La parole donnée : individuation et mélancolie du poète Goffette'. Littératures, 2007 (57):147-161 [DOI] [Details]
2006 'Du poétique comme imaginaire de la lucidité. Modernité de Jouve'
Kelly, Michael G. (2006) 'Du poétique comme imaginaire de la lucidité. Modernité de Jouve'. La Revue Des Lettres Modernes, Série Pierre Jean Jouve (8):53-82 [DOI] [Details]
2005 ''La Clôture' de Jean Rolin et le travail de l'urbain'
Kelly, Michael G. (2005) ''La Clôture' de Jean Rolin et le travail de l'urbain'. Irish Journal Of French Studies, 2005 (5):21-39 [DOI] [Details]
2004 'Entre création et espace pur. Situations du sujet poétique dans les Cinq grandes odes'
Kelly, Michael G. (2004) 'Entre création et espace pur. Situations du sujet poétique dans les Cinq grandes odes'. Les Lettres Romanes, LVIII (3-4):213-226 [DOI] [Details]
2002 'Écrire sa conviction: d'une consonance entre poésie et traduction chez Yves Bonnefoy'
Kelly, Michael G. (2002) 'Écrire sa conviction: d'une consonance entre poésie et traduction chez Yves Bonnefoy'. Dalhousie French Studies, 60 (Autumn):47-52 [DOI] [Details]
1995 'Spreading the Good News: Some Private Law Applications for Constitutional Provisions'
Kelly, Michael G. (1995) 'Spreading the Good News: Some Private Law Applications for Constitutional Provisions'. Irish Student Law Review, 5 (1995):39-53 [Details]

Book Chapters

  Year Publication
2023 'Pathways towards Utterance in Contemporary French Poetic Practice. Framing the Urban Real'
Kelly, Michael G. (2023) 'Pathways towards Utterance in Contemporary French Poetic Practice. Framing the Urban Real' In: Kelly, Michael G. & Mariano Paz (eds). Utopia, Equity and Ideology in Urban Texts: Fair and Unfair Cities. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. [DOI] [Details]
2023 'Fair and Unfair Cities: Equity, Ideology, Utopia'
Kelly, Michael G. and Mariano Paz (2023) 'Fair and Unfair Cities: Equity, Ideology, Utopia' In: Kelly, Michael G. and Mariano Paz (eds). Utopia, Equity and Ideology in Urban Texts: Fair and Unfair Cities. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. [DOI] [Details]
2023 'From Place to Place. Intermediate European Cities in Translation'
Kelly, Michael G., Jorge Mejía Hernández, Sonja Novak and Giuseppe Resta (2023) 'From Place to Place. Intermediate European Cities in Translation' In: Kelly, Michael G., Jorge Mejía Hernández, Sonja Novak and Giuseppe Resta (eds). Other Destinations: Translating the Mid-sized European City. Osijek: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Josip Juraj Strossmayer University. [Details]
2023 'The Form of a City. Geographies of Constraint in Contemporary Urban Writing from France'
Kelly, Michael G. (2023) 'The Form of a City. Geographies of Constraint in Contemporary Urban Writing from France' In: Lieven Ameel (eds). The Routledge Companion to Literary Urban Studies. London: Routledge. [DOI] [Details]
2019 ''A l’angle vif du monde.' De la mise en espace du silence chez Gérard Titus-Carmel'
Kelly, Michael G. (2019) ''A l’angle vif du monde.' De la mise en espace du silence chez Gérard Titus-Carmel' In: Isabelle Chol (eds). Actes du Colloque Titus-Carmel. Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour. St Benoît du Sault, France: Tarabuste (coll. Triages). [Details]
2018 ''Le nom vrai d'être est / Chance.' De l'assentiment créateur chez Jean-Paul Michel'
Kelly, Michael G. (2018) ''Le nom vrai d'être est / Chance.' De l'assentiment créateur chez Jean-Paul Michel' In: Bishop et Gosztola (eds). Jean-Paul Michel. La surprise de ce qui est. Paris: Classiques Garnier. [DOI] [Details]
2017 '(De)Localizing Capital. Lines of Flight from Zola’s Mystères de Marseille'
Kelly, Michael G. (2017) '(De)Localizing Capital. Lines of Flight from Zola’s Mystères de Marseille' In: Richard Hibbitt (eds). Other Capitals of the Nineteenth Century: An Alternative Mapping of Literary and Cultural Space. London: Palgrave Macmillan. [Details]
2017 'D’un château l’autre. Authorship, Individuation and Utopia in Pola X and De la guerre'
Kelly, Michael G. (2017) 'D’un château l’autre. Authorship, Individuation and Utopia in Pola X and De la guerre' In: Kelly and O'Connell (eds). Comparative Becomings. Studies in Transition. Oxford: Peter Lang. [DOI] [Details]
2017 'Framing Transition(s) in Comparative Studies'
Kelly, Michael G. (2017) 'Framing Transition(s) in Comparative Studies' In: Kelly and O'Connell (eds). Comparative Becomings. Studies in Transition. Oxford: Peter Lang. [Details]
2015 'De l’exposition poétique : oeuvre, Lêthé et précarité chez Guy Viarre et Valérie Rouzeau'
Kelly, Michael G. (2015) 'De l’exposition poétique : oeuvre, Lêthé et précarité chez Guy Viarre et Valérie Rouzeau' In: Michael Brophy (eds). Ineffacer : l'oeuvre et ses fins. Paris: Hermann. [DOI] [Details]
2015 ''Je découvre enfin la rage et l’art de vivre.' Utopie, individu et état de poésie'
Kelly, Michael G. (2015) ''Je découvre enfin la rage et l’art de vivre.' Utopie, individu et état de poésie' In: Joqueviel-Bourjea et Bonhomme (eds). René Depestre. Le Soleil devant. Paris: Hermann. [DOI] [Details]
2013 'Rhetoric and Metaphysics of the Avant-garde Community: Le Grand Jeu, 1928-1930’'
Kelly, Michael G. (2013) 'Rhetoric and Metaphysics of the Avant-garde Community: Le Grand Jeu, 1928-1930’' In: Forsdick and Stafford (eds). La Revue. The Twentieth-Century Periodical in French. Oxford: Peter Lang. [DOI] [Details]
2013 'Prendre acte de la poésie'
Azérad, Hugues, Michael G.Kelly, Nina Parish and Emma Wagstaff (2013) 'Prendre acte de la poésie' In: Azérad et al (eds). Chantiers du poème. Prémisses et pratiques de la création poétique moderne et contemporaine. Oxford: Peter Lang. [DOI] [Details]
2013 'Vers une juridiction du poème : Jacques Dupin'
Kelly, Michael G. (2013) 'Vers une juridiction du poème : Jacques Dupin' In: Azérad et al (eds). Chantiers du poème. Prémisses et pratiques de la création poétique moderne et contemporaine. Oxford: Peter Lang. [DOI] [Details]
2011 'Vers un maintenant de la réalité urbaine. Exploration de Ville'
Kelly, Michael G. (2011) 'Vers un maintenant de la réalité urbaine. Exploration de Ville' In: Brophy et Fournier (eds). Guillevic maintenant. Colloque de Cerisy 11-18 juillet 2009. Paris: Honoré Champion. [DOI] [Details]
2011 'Poetic Utterance and the Cosmopolitan Indisposition: On Ghérasim Luca'
Kelly, Michael G. (2011) 'Poetic Utterance and the Cosmopolitan Indisposition: On Ghérasim Luca' In: O'Donovan and Rascaroli (eds). The Cause of Cosmopolitanism. Dispositions, Models, Transformations. Bern: Peter Lang. [DOI] [Details]
2009 'Ambivalences du conscient poétique. Histoire et utopie dans Carnac'
Kelly, Michael G. (2009) 'Ambivalences du conscient poétique. Histoire et utopie dans Carnac' In: Michael Brophy (eds). Guillevic : La poésie à la lumière du quotidien. Bern: Peter Lang. [Details]
2008 'Immanence and the Utopian Impulse. On Philippe Jaccottet's Readings of Æ and Robert Musil'
Kelly, Michael G. (2008) 'Immanence and the Utopian Impulse. On Philippe Jaccottet's Readings of Æ and Robert Musil' In: Griffin and Moylan (eds). Exploring the Utopian Impulse. Essays on Utopian Thought and Practice. Oxford: Peter Lang. [DOI] [Details]
2006 'Intermittences et perspectives du sujet poétique chez Alferi et Tortel'
Kelly, Michael G. (2006) 'Intermittences et perspectives du sujet poétique chez Alferi et Tortel' In: Michael Brophy et Mary Gallagher (eds). Sens et présence du sujet poétique. La poésie de la France et du monde francophone depuis 1980. Amsterdam: Rodopi. [DOI] [Details]
2006 'Pureté de l'impur. Robert Desnos et Le Grand Jeu'
Kelly, Michael G. (2006) 'Pureté de l'impur. Robert Desnos et Le Grand Jeu' In: Marie-Claire Barnet, Eric Robertson and Nigel Saint (eds). Robert Desnos. Surrealism in the Twenty-First Century. Oxford: Peter Lang. [DOI] [Details]
2005 'Avatars et limites d'une volonté auratique dans le poème segalenien'
Kelly, Michael G. (2005) 'Avatars et limites d'une volonté auratique dans le poème segalenien' In: Anne-Élisabeth Halpern et Christian Doumet (eds). Ce que le poème dit du poème. Vincennes: Presses Universitaires de Vincennes. [DOI] [Details]
2005 'Mut(e)ability: issues of uniqueness, equivalence and human agency in Schwob's Dialogues d'utopie'
Kelly, Michael G. (2005) 'Mut(e)ability: issues of uniqueness, equivalence and human agency in Schwob's Dialogues d'utopie' In: Sarah Capitanio et al (eds). Currencies. Fiscal Fortunes and Cultural Capital in Nineteenth-Century France. Oxford: Peter Lang. [DOI] [Details]

Other Journals

  Year Publication
2013 'A voice from the shadows'
Kelly, Michael G. (2013) 'A voice from the shadows' Berlin Review of Books, . [Details]
2008 'The poet as engineer of truth: Pierre Jean Jouve'
Kelly, Michael G. (2008) 'The poet as engineer of truth: Pierre Jean Jouve' pierrejeanjouve.org, . [DOI] [ULIR Link] [Details]
1998 'Thème and Version. Current Approximations of 'French Poetry''
Kelly, Michael G. (1998) 'Thème and Version. Current Approximations of 'French Poetry'' Oxford Poetry, 10 (1) :43-49. [Details]

Translation

  Year Publication
2022 An Rí Úbú [Alfred Jarry].
Kelly, Michael G. (2022) An Rí Úbú [Alfred Jarry]. Translation [DOI] [Details]
1999 'Aibítir' [Henri Michaux].
Kelly, Michael G. (1999) 'Aibítir' [Henri Michaux]. Comhar, BÁC: Translation [DOI] [Details]
1998 'Coisí Cathrach' [Federico García Lorca].
Kelly, Michael G. (1998) 'Coisí Cathrach' [Federico García Lorca]. Comhar, BÁC: Translation [DOI] [Details]
1996 'La Grande Famine' [Patrick Kavanagh].
Duclos, Michèle (1996) 'La Grande Famine' [Patrick Kavanagh]. Lagrasse (France): Translation [Details]

Book Review

  Year Publication
2024 Daisy Sainsbury. Contemporary French Poetry. Towards a Minor Poetics.
Kelly, Michael G. (2024) Daisy Sainsbury. Contemporary French Poetry. Towards a Minor Poetics. Modern Language Review: Book Review [DOI] [Details]
2020 Guillevic (ed. M. Brophy), Écrits intimes. Carnet, cahier, feuillets 1929-1938.
Kelly, Michael G. (2020) Guillevic (ed. M. Brophy), Écrits intimes. Carnet, cahier, feuillets 1929-1938. Irish Journal of French Studies: Book Review [DOI] [Details]
2019 Arnaud Despax, Totalité et poésie au XXe siècle.
Kelly, Michael G. (2019) Arnaud Despax, Totalité et poésie au XXe siècle. H-France Review: Book Review [DOI] [Details]
2019 Jérémie Berton. La Musique et la forme dans l’oeuvre poétique de Pierre Jean Jouve.
Kelly, Michael G. (2019) Jérémie Berton. La Musique et la forme dans l’oeuvre poétique de Pierre Jean Jouve. French Studies: Book Review [DOI] [Details]
2017 Llewelyn Brown. L’Esthétique du pli dans l’oeuvre de Henri Michaux.
Kelly, Michael G. (2017) Llewelyn Brown. L’Esthétique du pli dans l’oeuvre de Henri Michaux. French Studies: Book Review [DOI] [Details]
2016 Laure Himy-Piéri. Pierre Jean Jouve. La modernité et ses possibles.
Kelly, Michael G. (2016) Laure Himy-Piéri. Pierre Jean Jouve. La modernité et ses possibles. French Studies: Book Review [DOI] [Details]
2016 Olivier Ferret and Anne-Marie Mercier-Faivre (eds.) Biographie & Politique. Vie publique, vie privée, de l’Ancien Régime à la Restauration.
Kelly, Michael G. (2016) Olivier Ferret and Anne-Marie Mercier-Faivre (eds.) Biographie & Politique. Vie publique, vie privée, de l’Ancien Régime à la Restauration. Nineteenth-Century French Studies: Book Review [DOI] [Details]
2016 Kir Kuiken. Imagined Sovereignties. Toward a New Political Romanticism.
Kelly, Michael G. (2016) Kir Kuiken. Imagined Sovereignties. Toward a New Political Romanticism. Comparative Critical Studies: Book Review [DOI] [Details]
2016 Bernard Pingaud. L’Occupation des oisifs. Précis de littérature et textes critiques.
Kelly, Michael G. (2016) Bernard Pingaud. L’Occupation des oisifs. Précis de littérature et textes critiques. French Studies: Book Review [DOI] [Details]
2015 Nicholas Manning. Rhétorique de la sincérité. La poésie moderne en quête d’un langage vrai.
Kelly, Michael G. (2015) Nicholas Manning. Rhétorique de la sincérité. La poésie moderne en quête d’un langage vrai. French Studies: Book Review [DOI] [Details]
2014 Sarah Mombert and Michèle Rosellini (eds.) Usages des vies. Le biographique hier et aujourd’hui (XVIIe XXIe siècle).
Kelly, Michael G. (2014) Sarah Mombert and Michèle Rosellini (eds.) Usages des vies. Le biographique hier et aujourd’hui (XVIIe XXIe siècle). Nineteenth-Century French Studies: Book Review [DOI] [Details]
2014 Mary-Ann O'Neil. From Babel to Pentecost: The Poetry of Pierre Emmanuel.
Kelly, Michael G. (2014) Mary-Ann O'Neil. From Babel to Pentecost: The Poetry of Pierre Emmanuel. French Studies: Book Review [DOI] [Details]
2014 Catherine Soulier. Jean Tortel: des livres aux Jardins.
Kelly, Michael G. (2014) Catherine Soulier. Jean Tortel: des livres aux Jardins. French Studies: Book Review [DOI] [Details]
2014 Daniel Sipe. Text, Image, and the Problem with Perfection in Nineteenth-Century France: Utopia and Its Afterlives.
Kelly, Michael G. (2014) Daniel Sipe. Text, Image, and the Problem with Perfection in Nineteenth-Century France: Utopia and Its Afterlives. Modern and Contemporary France: Book Review [DOI] [Details]
2012 Bruno Fabre. Art in the biography of Marcel Schwob's Imaginary Lives.
Kelly, Michael G. (2012) Bruno Fabre. Art in the biography of Marcel Schwob's Imaginary Lives. Nineteenth-Century French Studies: Book Review [DOI] [Details]
2012 Rosemary Lancaster. Poetic Illumination: Rene Char and his Artist Allies.
Kelly, Michael G. (2012) Rosemary Lancaster. Poetic Illumination: Rene Char and his Artist Allies. French Studies: Book Review [DOI] [Details]
2012 Jennifer Higgins. English Responses to French Poetry 1880 1940: Translation and Mediation.
Kelly, Michael G. (2012) Jennifer Higgins. English Responses to French Poetry 1880 1940: Translation and Mediation. French Studies: Book Review [DOI] [Details]
2012 Antoine Hatzenberger (ed.) Utopies des Lumières.
Kelly, Michael G. (2012) Antoine Hatzenberger (ed.) Utopies des Lumières. Modern Language Review: Book Review [DOI] [Details]
2012 John Naughton. Une intention de salut. Essais sur la poesie francaise moderne.
Kelly, Michael G. (2012) John Naughton. Une intention de salut. Essais sur la poesie francaise moderne. Irish Journal of French Studies: Book Review [DOI] [Details]
2011 Hugues Azérad and Peter Collier (eds.) Twentieth-Century French Poetry: A Critical Anthology.
Kelly, Michael G. (2011) Hugues Azérad and Peter Collier (eds.) Twentieth-Century French Poetry: A Critical Anthology. French Studies: Book Review [DOI] [Details]
2010 John West-Sooby (ed.) Nowhere is Perfect. French and Francophone Utopias/Dystopias.
Kelly, Michael G. (2010) John West-Sooby (ed.) Nowhere is Perfect. French and Francophone Utopias/Dystopias. Modern and Contemporary France: Book Review [DOI] [Details]
2008 Michael Bishop. The Endless Theory of Days: The Art and Poetry of Gérard Titus-Carmel.
Kelly, Michael G. (2008) Michael Bishop. The Endless Theory of Days: The Art and Poetry of Gérard Titus-Carmel. French Studies: Book Review [DOI] [Details]
2007 Jean-Yves Debreuille (ed.) La Voix et le geste. André Frénaud et ses peintres.
Kelly, Michael G. (2007) Jean-Yves Debreuille (ed.) La Voix et le geste. André Frénaud et ses peintres. French Studies: Book Review [DOI] [Details]
2006 Pascal Brissette. La Malédiction littéraire. Du poète crotté au génie malheureux.
Kelly, Michael G. (2006) Pascal Brissette. La Malédiction littéraire. Du poète crotté au génie malheureux. French Studies: Book Review [DOI] [Details]
2006 Bernard de Meyer. Marcel Schwob. Conteur de l'imaginaire.
Kelly, Michael G. (2006) Bernard de Meyer. Marcel Schwob. Conteur de l'imaginaire. French Studies: Book Review [DOI] [Details]
2005 Agnès Lhermitte. Palimpseste et merveilleux dans l'oeuvre de Marcel Schwob.
Kelly, Michael G. (2005) Agnès Lhermitte. Palimpseste et merveilleux dans l'oeuvre de Marcel Schwob. French Studies: Book Review [DOI] [Details]
2004 Christiane Blot-Labarrère (ed.) Jouve et le symbole (Cahier Jouve 7).
Kelly, Michael G. (2004) Christiane Blot-Labarrère (ed.) Jouve et le symbole (Cahier Jouve 7). Irish Journal of French Studies: Book Review [DOI] [Details]
2003 Michael Bishop and Christopher Elson (eds.) Contemporary French Poetics.
Kelly, Michael G. (2003) Michael Bishop and Christopher Elson (eds.) Contemporary French Poetics. Irish Journal of French Studies: Book Review [DOI] [Details]
1999 Michael Brophy. Voies vers l'autre.
Kelly, Michael G. (1999) Michael Brophy. Voies vers l'autre. French Studies: Book Review [DOI] [Details]

Thesis

  Year Publication
2002 Speech and Utopia: Spaces of Poetic Work in the Writings of Segalen, Daumal and Bonnefoy.
Kelly, Michael G. (2002) Speech and Utopia: Spaces of Poetic Work in the Writings of Segalen, Daumal and Bonnefoy. University of Oxford: Thesis [DOI] [Details]
1998 Supporting Fictions: Questions of French Poetic Autonomy in Early Twentieth-Century China.
Kelly, Michael G. (1998) Supporting Fictions: Questions of French Poetic Autonomy in Early Twentieth-Century China. University of Oxford: Thesis [Details]
1995 Magie et écriture chez Henri Michaux.
Kelly, Michael G. (1995) Magie et écriture chez Henri Michaux. National University of Ireland: Thesis [Details]

Committees

  Committee Function From / To
Association for Literary Urban Studies Board Vice Member 2022 /
Management Committee COST Action 18126 Writing Urban Places. New Narratives of the European City Irish Representative 2019 / 2023
Advisory Board Irish Journal of French Studies Board Member 2023 /
Consultative Panel French Studies Bulletin Panel Member 2017 /

Professional Associations

  Association Function From / To
Association for Literary Urban Studies Member 01-SEP-17 /
Society for French Studies (SFS) Member 01-SEP-03 /
Association des Études Françaises et Francophones d'Irlande (ADEFFI) Member 01-SEP-03 /

Education

  Year Institution Qualification Subject
2002 University of Oxford Doctor of Philosophy French Literature
1998 University of Oxford Master of Studies European Literature
1996 University College Galway Bachelor of Laws Law
1995 National University of Ireland Master of Arts French
1993 University College Galway Bachelor of Arts French and Legal Science

Teaching Interests

Engaged with a wide range of topics in modern and contemporary French-language and comparative literatures, at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.                      

International Collaborators

  Name Organisation / Institute Country
CA18126 - Writing Urban Places. New Narratives of the European City COST - European Cooperation in Science and Technology Netherlands