Cambridge Companion to Romanticism and Race

"This classroom-ready Companion brings together diverse specialists to discuss how Romantic-era thinkers engaged with race in sometimes explicit and sometimes less obvious ways. Combining academic rigor with accessibility, the contributors present non-specialists with a rich picture of this key moment in the literary and cultural history of race"--

List of contents

List of figures; List of contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction Manu Samriti Chander; 1. Burke and Kant on Color and Inheritance Yoon Sun Lee; 2. Breathing Freedom in the Era of the Haitian Revolution Catherine R. Peters; 3. Afropessimism, Queer Negativity, and the Limits of Romanticism Deanna P. Koretsky; 4. Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Racial Imaginary Mathelinda Nabugodi; 5. (Not)freedom DJ Lee and Aaron Ngozi Oforlea; 6. Disability and Racialization in British Romantic Literature Essaka Joshua; 7. The Crip Foundations of Romantic Medicine Travis Chi Wing Lau; 8. The Voice of Complaint Joseph Albernaz; 9. Romantic Manscapes Devin M. Garofalo; 10. Romantic Poetry and Constructions of Indigeneity Nikki Hessell; 11. Romanticism and the Novel(ty) of Race Atesede Makonnen; 12. Reading Race Along the 'Bounding Line' Lauren Dembowitz; 13. The Racecraft of Romantic Stagecraft Yasser Shams Khan; Further reading; Index.

Summary

This classroom-ready Companion brings together diverse specialists to discuss how Romantic-era thinkers engaged with race in sometimes explicit and sometimes less obvious ways. Combining academic rigor with accessibility, the contributors present non-specialists with a rich picture of this key moment in the literary and cultural history of race.

Product details

• Authors: Manu Samriti (Georgetown University) Chander
• Assisted by: Manu Samriti Chander (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2024
• EAN: 9781009180153
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0918015-3
• No. of pages: 286
• Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Social discrimination & inequality, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Slavery and abolition of slavery, Racism and racial discrimination / Anti-racism