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Author:   Mansour Bonakdarian
Publisher:   Anthem Press
Imprint:   Anthem Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 4.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   1.034kg
ISBN:  

9781839996672

ISBN 10:   1839996676
Pages:   786
Publication Date:   02 December 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of 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, 1842-1848: From Thomas Osborne Davis’ “Thermopylae” to James Clarence Mangan’s “Aye-travailing Gnomes”; Chapter Four Contemporary Affinities: The Nation & the Anglo-Iranian War of 1856-1857; Chapter Five An Gorta Mór of Others and Nationalist Neglect: The Nation & the Iranian Famine of 1870-1872; 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, 1906-1921; 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

Reviews

Recipient of Honorable Mention of the international Association for Iranian Studies’ 2024 Saidi-Sirjani Biennial Book Award. “Mansour Bonakdarian offers a sustained, meticulously researched comparative history on Irish-Iranian entanglements spanning the long nineteenth century. Moving from the initial conduit of romantic orientalism toward a colonial lens on Imperial British world politics, it is a very welcome addition to the fields of Irish studies, nationalism studies, and comparative history.” — Joep Leerssen, Emeritus Professor, Universities of Amsterdam and Maastricht “The worlding of Irish culture has a complex history, as Mansour Bonakdarian’s consummate study proves. Before Ireland was Europeanized, Irish writers and historians found a cultural fount in the history and culture of Iran. Bonakdarian expertly shows us the breadth of Irish-origin stories tying Érin and Iran—where they came from, what they overlooked, and how they inspired.” — Joseph Lennon, Villanova University, author of Irish Orientalism: A Literary and Intellectual History “Bonakdarian’s fascinating study illuminates one of the lesser known aspects of intellectual history and nationalist historiography, that between Irish and Iranian nationalisms and the way in which they sought to contextualize their movements in relation to each other and wider liberation movements. A brilliant, penetrating study which deserves to be read widely.” — Ali M. Ansari, University of St Andrews

Recipient of Honorable Mention of the international Association for Iranian Studies’ 2024 Saidi-Sirjani Biennial Book Award. “Mansour Bonakdarian offers a sustained, meticulously researched comparative history on Irish-Iranian entanglements spanning the long nineteenth century. Moving from the initial conduit of romantic orientalism toward a colonial lens on Imperial British world politics, it is a very welcome addition to the fields of Irish studies, nationalism studies, and comparative history.” — Joep Leerssen, Emeritus Professor, Universities of Amsterdam and Maastricht “The worlding of Irish culture has a complex history, as Mansour Bonakdarian’s consummate study proves. Before Ireland was Europeanized, Irish writers and historians found a cultural fount in the history and culture of Iran. Bonakdarian expertly shows us the breadth of Irish-origin stories tying Érin and Iran—where they came from, what they overlooked, and how they inspired.” — Joseph Lennon, Villanova University, author of Irish Orientalism: A Literary and Intellectual History “Bonakdarian’s fascinating study illuminates one of the lesser known aspects of intellectual history and nationalist historiography, that between Irish and Iranian nationalisms and the way in which they sought to contextualize their movements in relation to each other and wider liberation movements. A brilliant, penetrating study which deserves to be read widely.” — Ali M. Ansari, University of St Andrews The book offers both substantive new knowledge and a methodological framework for understanding how nations imagine themselves through engagement with distant histories, ethical exemplars, and literary and cultural archetypes. ... [It] exemplifies a model of scholarship that integrates archival depth, literary sensitivity, ethical-historical analysis, and comparative insight.—Irish Studies Review

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Mansour Bonakdarian specialises in modern British, Irish, Iranian, and imperial history.

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