Éirinn and Iran Go Brách Iran in Irish-Nationalist Historical, Literary, Cultural, and Political Imaginations from the Late-18th Century to 1921
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter One “Iran” in Irish Nationalist Antiquarian Imaginations: The Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Century
- Chapter Two Thomas Moore's Poetic and Historical Irans: Intercepted Letters (1813), Lalla Rookh (1817), and The History of Ireland (1835)
- Chapter Three Irans of Young Ireland Imaginations, 1842–48: From Thomas Osborne Davis’ “Thermopylae” to James Clarence Mangan's “Aye-Travailing Gnomes”
- Chapter Four Contemporary Affinities: The Nation and the Anglo-Iranian War of 1856–57
- Chapter Five An Gorta Mór of Others and Nationalist Neglect: The Nation and the Iranian Famine of 1870–72
- Chapter Six The Ghosts of Iran's Past in Irish Nationalist Imaginations in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century
- Chapter Seven Irish Nationalists and the Iranian Question, 1906–21
- Chapter Eight Perspectival Detour: Iranian Familiarity with Ireland and the Irish Question Prior to the Easter Rising
- Chapter Nine Nation, History, and Memory: The Irish Free State, Europe-Centered Worlding of Ireland, and James Joyce's Finnegans Wake (1939)
- Conclusion: Historical Apophenia, Affinities, Departures, and Nescience
- Bibliography of Works Cited
- Index
Acknowledgments
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 February 2024
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter One “Iran” in Irish Nationalist Antiquarian Imaginations: The Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Century
- Chapter Two Thomas Moore's Poetic and Historical Irans: Intercepted Letters (1813), Lalla Rookh (1817), and The History of Ireland (1835)
- Chapter Three Irans of Young Ireland Imaginations, 1842–48: From Thomas Osborne Davis’ “Thermopylae” to James Clarence Mangan's “Aye-Travailing Gnomes”
- Chapter Four Contemporary Affinities: The Nation and the Anglo-Iranian War of 1856–57
- Chapter Five An Gorta Mór of Others and Nationalist Neglect: The Nation and the Iranian Famine of 1870–72
- Chapter Six The Ghosts of Iran's Past in Irish Nationalist Imaginations in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century
- Chapter Seven Irish Nationalists and the Iranian Question, 1906–21
- Chapter Eight Perspectival Detour: Iranian Familiarity with Ireland and the Irish Question Prior to the Easter Rising
- Chapter Nine Nation, History, and Memory: The Irish Free State, Europe-Centered Worlding of Ireland, and James Joyce's Finnegans Wake (1939)
- Conclusion: Historical Apophenia, Affinities, Departures, and Nescience
- Bibliography of Works Cited
- Index
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- Éirinn and Iran Go BráchIran in Irish-Nationalist Historical, Literary, Cultural, and Political Imaginations from the Late-18th Century to 1921, pp. ix - xPublisher: Anthem PressPrint publication year: 2023