Irish Orientalism : a literary and intellectual history /
"British writers from Cambrensis to Spenser depicted Ireland as a remote borderland inhabited by wild descendants of Asian Scythians - barbarians to the ancient Greeks. Contemporaneous Irish writers likewise borrowed classical traditions, imagining the Orient as an ancient homeland. Lennon trac...
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| Language: | English |
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Syracuse, N.Y. :
Syracuse University Press,
2004.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Irish studies (Syracuse, N.Y.)
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