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Centuries before W B Yeats wove Indian, Japanese, and Irish forms together in his poetry and plays, Irish writers found kinship in Asian and West Asian cultures. This book maps the discourse of Irish Orientalism within Ireland's complex colonial heritage.

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Original, provocative, and compelling. Its central thesis - that a tradition of Irish contact, imagined or real, existed with Asia and North Africa from the ninth century to the present - is startling." - New Hibernia Review

"The author's exhaustive research is evident and his manner of presentation... engages the reader." - Choice

"A fascinating read, inaugurating its subject with style and substance and opening a whole new critical conversation." - Irish University Review

Irish Orientalism A Literary and Intellectual

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      Publisher: Syracuse University Press
      Publication Date: 30/08/2008
      ISBN13: 9780815631644, 978-0815631644
      ISBN10: 0815631642

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Centuries before W B Yeats wove Indian, Japanese, and Irish forms together in his poetry and plays, Irish writers found kinship in Asian and West Asian cultures. This book maps the discourse of Irish Orientalism within Ireland's complex colonial heritage.

      Trade Review
      Original, provocative, and compelling. Its central thesis - that a tradition of Irish contact, imagined or real, existed with Asia and North Africa from the ninth century to the present - is startling." - New Hibernia Review

      "The author's exhaustive research is evident and his manner of presentation... engages the reader." - Choice

      "A fascinating read, inaugurating its subject with style and substance and opening a whole new critical conversation." - Irish University Review

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