Kathryn Laing and Mary Pierse (editors), <i>George Moore. Spheres of Influence</i>

The title of this collection of essays, George Moore: Spheres of Influence, edited by Kathryn Laing and Mary Pierse, refers to theories from physical science on orbital resonance and spherology, applied to the network of connections and influences surrounding the Irish writer George Moore (1852-1933). These scientific concepts provide a relevant framework for the observation of 'the atmospheric eddies' and 'intellectual exchanges that criss-crossed' and defined George Moore's artistic career. The chapters in this book study Moore's involvement in various artistic fields, literary, musical, and painterly, his ties with other artists and thinkers, and the complex nexus of political and religious questions at the heart of his life and work.