Erin and Iran: Cultural Encounters between the Irish and the Iranians - Ilex Series

Publisher Marketing: In "Erin and Iran, " ten essays by North American and European scholars discuss parallel themes in and interactions between Irish and Iranian cultures. In the first section three essays explore common elements in pre-Christian Irish and pre-Islamic Iranian mythologies, common elements that have often been pointed out by scholars of Indo-European mythology but rarely examined in detail. In the following section four essays address literary subjects, ranging from medieval romances such as "Tristan and Isolde" and "Vis and Ramin" to twentieth-century novels such as James Joyce s "Ulysses" and Simin Daneshvar s "Savushun." In the last section three nineteenth-century travelogues are presented, two written by Irish travelers to Iran and one written by an Indo-Persian traveler to Ireland. Together, these studies constitute the first-ever collection of articles dealing with cultural encounters between the Irish and the Iranians."

Contributor Bio:  Chehabi, H E H. E. Chehabi is Professor of International Relations and History at Boston University. Contributor Bio:  Neville, Grace Grace Neville is Professor Emeritus of French at University College Cork.