Postcolonial romanticisms

Kamada, Roy Osamu, 1970-

Postcolonial romanticisms landscape and the possibilities of inheritance / [electronic resource] : Roy Osamu Kamada. - New York : P. Lang, c2010. - viii, 157 p. - Postcolonial studies, v. 10 1942-6100 ; . - Postcolonial studies (New York, N.Y.) ; v. 10. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-151) and index.

Chapter One: Shards of an ancient pastoral: The postcolonial sublime; the eighteenth century romantic landscape; The possibility of the postcolonial romantic -- Chapter Two: Trenchtown rock: Jamaica Kincaid's unreal beauty; The romantic education of Jamaica Kincaid; Early mode of the "empty" colonial landscape; Emergent ideas fo landscape; Landscape as colonial artifact, landscape as place -- Chapter Three: Once out of nature: Garrett Hongo's postcolonial poetic; The conservative postmodern; Poetry of the unchronicled; A book of origins -- Chapter Four: His company of visionaries: Derek Walcott and the education of the postcolonial; The problem of inheritance; The apprentice mimic -- Chapter Five: that's all them bastards have left us, words: The melancholy of the postcolonial romantic; Trauma and the postcolonial romantic; "The Harbour": a first case; Postcolonial romantic; The returning prodigal.


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English literature--History and criticism.--English-speaking countries
Landscapes in literature.
Postcolonialism in literature.
Romanticism--English-speaking countries.
Romanticism--Caribbean Area.
Romanticism--Hawaii.
Politics and literature--Caribbean Area.
Politics and literature--Hawaii.


Electronic books.

PR9080.5 / .K36 2010eb

820.9