British Romanticism in Asia
The Reception, Translation, and Transformation of Romantic Literature in India and East Asia
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Asian, Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
| Author: | ISBN: | 9789811330018 | |
| Publisher: | Springer Singapore | Publication: | February 15, 2019 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9789811330018 |
| Publisher: | Springer Singapore |
| Publication: | February 15, 2019 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
This book examines the reception of British Romanticism in India and East Asia (including China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan). Building on recent scholarship on “Global Romanticism”, it develops a reciprocal, cross-cultural model of scholarship, in which “Asian Romanticism” is recognized as itself an important part of the Romantic literary tradition. It explores the connections between canonical British Romantic authors (including Austen, Blake, Byron, Shelley, and Wordsworth) and prominent Asian writers (including Natsume Sōseki, Rabindranath Tagore, and Xu Zhimo). The essays also challenge Eurocentric assumptions about reception and periodization, exploring how, since the early nineteenth century, British Romanticism has been creatively adapted and transformed by Asian writers.
This book examines the reception of British Romanticism in India and East Asia (including China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan). Building on recent scholarship on “Global Romanticism”, it develops a reciprocal, cross-cultural model of scholarship, in which “Asian Romanticism” is recognized as itself an important part of the Romantic literary tradition. It explores the connections between canonical British Romantic authors (including Austen, Blake, Byron, Shelley, and Wordsworth) and prominent Asian writers (including Natsume Sōseki, Rabindranath Tagore, and Xu Zhimo). The essays also challenge Eurocentric assumptions about reception and periodization, exploring how, since the early nineteenth century, British Romanticism has been creatively adapted and transformed by Asian writers.
