Irish Orientalism: A Literary and Intellectual History

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Syracuse University Press, 4 באוג׳ 2008 - 512 עמודים
Centuries before W. B. Yeats wove Indian, Japanese, and Irish forms together in his poetry and plays, Irish writers found kinships in Asian and West Asian cultures. This book maps the unacknowledged discourse of Irish Orientalism within Ireland's complex colonial heritage.
 

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Origin Legends and Pseudohistories
3
Ogygia Europes Backyard Orient and the Rise of Antiquarianism
56
Allegory and Critique Irish Orientalism in Eighteenth and NineteenthCentury Literature
113
Empire Ireland and India
165
The Oriental and the Celt The Syncretism of the Revival
203
Uniting the Circumference CrossColonialism
213
W B Yeatss Celtic Orient
245
Theosophy and the Nation George Russell AE and James Stephens
288
James Seumas and Jayaram Cousins
322
Was Fu Manchu Celtic? and Other Scrutable Speculations
369
Notes
379
Bibliography
433
Index
457
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מידע על המחבר (2008)

Joseph Lennon, associate professor of English at Manhattan College in New York City, has published poetry and essays on Irish, Indian, and British literature and culture.

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