{"product_id":"irish-orientalism-a-literary-and-intellectual-history-paperback-softback-9780815631644","title":"Irish Orientalism; A Literary and Intellectual History (Paperback \/ softback) 9780815631644","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eIrish Orientalism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Literary and Intellectual History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJoseph Lennon (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780815631644\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 4 August 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e512 pages, 11 black and white illustrations\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.3 cm, 0.737 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eOriginal, 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.\" - \u003ci\u003eNew Hibernia Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The author's exhaustive research is evident and his manner of presentation... engages the reader.\" - \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A fascinating read, inaugurating its subject with style and substance and opening a whole new critical conversation.\" - \u003ci\u003eIrish University Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eCenturies 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Syracuse University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52734317756696,"sku":"9780815631644","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/irish-orientalism-a-literary-and-intellectual-history-paperback-softback-9780815631644","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}