Irish Orientalism : a literary and intellectual history /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Lennon, Joseph (Joseph Allen)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2004.
Edition:	1st ed.
Series:	Irish studies (Syracuse, N.Y.)
Subjects:	English literature > Irish authors > History and criticism. English literature > Irish authors > Oriental influences. Oriental literature > Appreciation > Ireland. Comparative literature > Irish and Oriental. Comparative literature > Oriental and Irish. Ireland > Intellectual life. Middle East > In literature. Orientalism in literature. Orientalism > Ireland. Asia > In literature. Littérature irlandaise (anglaise) > Histoire et critique. Littérature irlandaise (anglaise) > Influence asiatique. Littérature orientale > Appréciation > Irlande. Littérature comparée > Irlandaise et orientale. Littérature comparée > Orientale et irlandaise. Orientalisme dans la littérature. Orientalisme > Irlande. Irlande > Vie intellectuelle. Moyen-Orient dans la littérature. Asie dans la littérature. Geschichte Literatur. Orientalismus. Irland. Orient.
Online Access:	Table of contents Book review (H-Net)

Table of Contents:

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.