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Joseph Lennon, Irish Orientalism: A Literary and Intellectual History.(Book Review)

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From: Irish University Review: a journal of Irish Studies
Date: 20050322
Author:Grogan, Jane

Joseph Lennon, Irish Orientalism: A Literary and Intellectual History (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2004). 256 pages. USD 45.00.

Near the end of his book, Joseph Lennon cites James Cousins writing of first hearing the poetry of Rabindranath Tagore 'read--or, rather, chanted as only he can' by Tagore's "brother-poet', W.B. Yeats--in France. This spectacle of fellowship in poetry between an Irish and an Indian poet, performed in front of a receptive and politicized audience, is Lennon's chosen symbol of Irish Orientalism. The radical possibilities of such ...

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