Brown Romantics - Poetry and Nationalism in the Global Nineteenth Century

Focusing on representative nineteenth-century poets from India, British Guiana, and Australia, Brown Romantics shows how English Romantic poetry and the national traditions that sprang up in the colonies redefined each other and should therefore be read as the single formation, global Romanticism.

Sommario

Introduction: World Literature and World Legislation
Chapter 1: Henry Derozio and the Beginnings of Indian Romanticism
Chapter 2: Christian Romanticism in British Guiana: The Case of Egbert Martin
Chapter 3: Henry Lawson and the Legacy of Romantic Sympathy
Chapter 4: Conclusion: Brown Keats
Afterword
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

Info autore

Manu Samriti Chander is assistant professor of English at Rutgers University.

Riassunto

Focusing on representative nineteenth-century poets from India, British Guiana, and Australia, Brown Romantics shows how English Romantic poetry and the national traditions that sprang up in the colonies redefined each other and should therefore be read as the single formation, global Romanticism.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Manu Samriti Chander
• Editore: Bucknell University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781611488210
• ISBN: 978-1-61148-821-0
• Pagine: 144
• Dimensioni: 236 mm x 159 mm x 21 mm
• Peso: 382 g
• Serie: Transits: Literature, Thought & Culture 1650-1850; Transits: Literature, Thought; Transits: Literature, Thought & Culture, 1650-1850; Transits: Literature, Thought; Transits: Literature, Thought & Culture, 1650–1850
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata