Brown Romantics

Poetry and Nationalism in the Global Nineteenth Century

Manu Samriti Chander

• Publisher: Bucknell University Press
• Year: 2017
• eBook ISBN: 9781611488227
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: European Literary Criticism
• Index: Literature

Brown Romantics: Poetry and Nationalism in the Global Nineteenth Century proceeds from the conviction that it is high time for the academy in general and scholars of European Romanticism to acknowledge the extensive international impact of Romantic poetry. Chander demonstrates the importance of Romantic notions of authorship to such poets as Henry Derozio (India), Egbert Martin (Guyana), and Henry Lawson (Australia), using the work of these poets, each prominent in the national cultural of his own country, to explain the crucial role that the Romantic myth of the poet qua legislator plays in the development of nationalist movements across the globe. The first study of its kind, Brown Romantics examines how each of these authors develop poetic means of negotiating such key issues as colonialism, immigration, race, and ethnicity.

Table of contents

• Contents
• List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Henry Derozio and the Beginnings of Indian Romanticism
• Chapter 2: Christian Romanticism in British Guiana
• Chapter 3: Henry Lawson and the Legacy of Romantic Sympathy
• Chapter 4: Conclusion
• Afterword
• Bibliography
• About the Author