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Irish Orientalism：a literary and intellectual history

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lennon Joseph (Joseph Allen)
Published: Syracuse University Press,
Publisher Address: Syracuse, N.Y.
Publication Dates: 2004.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Irish studies
Subjects:
English literature > Irish authors > Oriental influences.
Oriental literature > Appreciation > Ireland.
Literature, Comparative > Irish and Oriental.
Literature, Comparative > Oriental and Irish.
Orientalism in literature.
Orientalism > Ireland.
Littaerature irlandaise (anglaise) > Histoire et critique.
Littaerature irlandaise (anglaise) > Influence asiatique.
Littaerature orientale > Appraeciation > Irlande.
Littaerature comparaee > Irlandaise et orientale.
Littaerature comparaee > Orientale et irlandaise.
Orientalisme dans la littaerature.
Orientalisme > Irlande.
Moyen-Orient dans la littaerature.
Asie dans la littaerature.
English literature > Irish authors > History and criticism.
Irlande > Vie intellectuelle.
Middle East > In literature.
Asia > In literature.
Ireland > Intellectual life.
Carrier Form: xxxi, 478 p.: ill. ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 0815630441 (alk. paper)
Index Number: G156
CLC: G156.29
I562.06
I561.06
Call Number: I562.06/L567
Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. 435-457) and index.
pt. 1. Continuity and development -- Origin legends and pseudohistories -- Ogygia: Europe's backyard orient and the rise of antiquarianism -- Allegory and critique: Irish orientialism in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century literature -- Empire, Ireland, and India -- pt. 2. The orientall and the Celt: the syncretism of the revival -- Uniting the circumference: cross-colonialism -- W.B. Yeats's Celtic orient -- Theosophy and the nation: George Russell (AE) and James Stephens -- James, Seuman, and Jayaram Cousins -- Conclusion: was Fu Manchu Celtic? and other scrutable speculations.

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