| ISBN |
0815631642 (pbk.) |
| 9780815631644 (pbk.) |
| Author |
Lennon, Joseph (Joseph Allen) |
| Title |
Irish orientalism : a literary and intellectual history / [by] Joseph Lennon |
| Publisher |
Syracuse, NY : Syracuse University Press, 2004 |
| Physical desc. |
xxxi, 478 p. ; ill. (b&w), maps ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Irish studies |
| Note |
First paperback edition, 2008. |
| Bibliography etc. |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Pt. 1: Continuity and development. Origin legends and prehistories -- Ogygia: Europe's backyard Orient and the rise of antiquarianism -- Allegory and critique: Irish orientalism in eighteenth-and nineteenth-century literature -- Empire, Ireland, and India -- Pt. 2: The Oriental and the Celt: the syncretism of the revival. Uniting the circumference: cross-colonisation -- W. B. Yeats's Celtic Orient -- Theosophy and the nation: George Russell (AE) and James Stephens -- James, Seumas, and Jayaram cousins -- Conclusion: was Fu Manchu Celtic? and other scrutable speculations. |
| Subject |
Orientalism in literature |
| Orientalism -- Ireland |
| Comparative literature -- Irish and Oriental |
| Comparative literature -- Oriental and Irish |
| English literature -- Irish authors -- History and criticism |
| English literature -- Irish authors -- Oriental influences |
| Oriental literature -- Appreciation -- Ireland |
| Ireland -- Intellectual life |
| Middle East -- In literature |
| Asia -- In literature |
