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'''''The Fakeer of Jungheera''''' is a long poem written by [[Henry Louis Vivian Derozio]], first published in 1829.<ref name="Broadview"/> The poem is 2,050 lines long, and was published when Derozio was only 19.<ref name="Paranjape2012" /> It is notable for being the first long poem written by any Indian in the English language,<ref name="Paranjape2012" /> and forms a central part of Derozio's legacy as one of the founding [[Anglo-Indian]] poets.<ref name="Gokak1970" /> The poem tells the tragic story of a young woman named Nuleeni, who has been brought to her late husband's funeral pyre to commit [[Sati (practice)|sati]] when she is rescued by a band of thieves led by her childhood friend, the titular [[fakir]]. Her father convinces the [[nawab]] of [[Rajmahal]] to recapture her with his army; in the ensuing battle, many die, including Nuleeni and her lover.<ref name="Chaudhuri2004" /> The poem has been compared to [[Lord Byron]]'s so-called "Turkish Tales" like ''[[The Giaour]]'' and to [[Letitia Elizabeth Landon]]'s poem "The Improvisatrice. | {{Short description|1829 English poem by Derozio}} | ||
'''''The Fakeer of Jungheera''''' is a long poem written by [[Henry Louis Vivian Derozio]], first published in 1829.<ref name="Broadview"/> The poem is 2,050 lines long, and was published when Derozio was only 19.<ref name="Paranjape2012" /> It is notable for being the first long poem written by any Indian in the English language,<ref name="Paranjape2012" /> and forms a central part of Derozio's legacy as one of the founding [[Anglo-Indian]] poets.<ref name="Gokak1970" /> The poem tells the tragic story of a young woman named Nuleeni, who has been brought to her late husband's funeral pyre to commit [[Sati (practice)|sati]] when she is rescued by a band of thieves led by her childhood friend, the titular [[fakir]]. Her father convinces the [[nawab]] of [[Rajmahal]] to recapture her with his army; in the ensuing battle, many die, including Nuleeni and her lover.<ref name="Chaudhuri2004" /> The poem has been compared to [[Lord Byron]]'s so-called "Turkish Tales" like ''[[The Giaour]]'' and to [[Letitia Elizabeth Landon]]'s poem "The Improvisatrice".<ref name="Broadview"/> | |||
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<ref name="Broadview">{{Cite book |title=The Broadview anthology of British literature |isbn=978-1-55481-202-8 |edition=Third |location=Peterborough, Ontario, Canada |oclc=894141161|editor-last1 = Black|editor-first1 = Joseph|editor-last2 = Conolly|editor-first2 = Leonard|editor-last3 = Flint|editor-first3 = Kate|editor-last4 = Grundy|editor-first4 = Isobel|editor-last5 = Lepan|editor-first5 = Don|editor-last6 = Liuzza|editor-first6 = Roy|editor-last7 = McGann|editor-first7 = Jerome J.|editor-last8 = Prescott|editor-first8 = Anne Lake|editor-last9 = Qualls|editor-first9 = Barry V.|editor-last10 = Waters|editor-first10 = Claire|date = 4 December 2014}}</ref> | <ref name="Broadview">{{Cite book |title=The Broadview anthology of British literature |isbn=978-1-55481-202-8 |edition=Third |location=Peterborough, Ontario, Canada |oclc=894141161|editor-last1 = Black|editor-first1 = Joseph|editor-last2 = Conolly|editor-first2 = Leonard|editor-last3 = Flint|editor-first3 = Kate|editor-last4 = Grundy|editor-first4 = Isobel|editor-last5 = Lepan|editor-first5 = Don|editor-last6 = Liuzza|editor-first6 = Roy|editor-last7 = McGann|editor-first7 = Jerome J.|editor-last8 = Prescott|editor-first8 = Anne Lake|editor-last9 = Qualls|editor-first9 = Barry V.|editor-last10 = Waters|editor-first10 = Claire|date = 4 December 2014}}</ref> | ||
<ref name="Chaudhuri2004">{{Cite journal |last=Chaudhuri |first=Rosinka |date=2004-08-01 |title=An Ideology of Indianness: The Construction of Colonial/Communal Stereotypes in the Poems of Henry Derozio |url=https://doi.org/10.1177/025764300402000201 |journal=Studies in History |language=en |volume=20 |issue=2 |pages=167–187 |doi=10.1177/025764300402000201 |issn=0257-6430}}</ref> | <ref name="Chaudhuri2004">{{Cite journal |last=Chaudhuri |first=Rosinka |date=2004-08-01 |title=An Ideology of Indianness: The Construction of Colonial/Communal Stereotypes in the Poems of Henry Derozio |url=https://doi.org/10.1177/025764300402000201 |journal=Studies in History |language=en |volume=20 |issue=2 |pages=167–187 |doi=10.1177/025764300402000201 |s2cid=162248483 |issn=0257-6430|url-access=subscription }}</ref> | ||
<ref name="Gokak1970">{{Cite book |title=The Golden Treasury of Indo-Anglian Poetry: 1828–1965 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |year=1970 |isbn=81-260-1196-3 |editor-last=Gokak |editor-first=Vnayak Krishna}}</ref> | <ref name="Gokak1970">{{Cite book |title=The Golden Treasury of Indo-Anglian Poetry: 1828–1965 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |year=1970 |isbn=81-260-1196-3 |editor-last=Gokak |editor-first=Vnayak Krishna}}</ref> | ||
<ref name="Paranjape2012">{{Cite book |url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-94-007-4661-9_3 |title=Making India: Colonialism, National Culture, and the Afterlife of Indian English Authority |last=Paranjape |first=Makarand R. |date=2013 |publisher=Springer Netherlands |isbn=978-94-007-4660-2 |location=Dordrecht |pages=41–64 |language=en | <ref name="Paranjape2012">{{Cite book |chapter-url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-94-007-4661-9_3 |title=Making India: Colonialism, National Culture, and the Afterlife of Indian English Authority |last=Paranjape |first=Makarand R. |chapter="East Indian" Cosmopolitanism: Henry Derozio's Fakeer of Jungheera and the Birth of Indian Modernity |date=2013 |publisher=Springer Netherlands |isbn=978-94-007-4660-2 |location=Dordrecht |pages=41–64 |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-94-007-4661-9_3}}</ref> | ||
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The Fakeer of Jungheera is a long poem written by Henry Louis Vivian Derozio, first published in 1829.[1] The poem is 2,050 lines long, and was published when Derozio was only 19.[2] It is notable for being the first long poem written by any Indian in the English language,[2] and forms a central part of Derozio's legacy as one of the founding Anglo-Indian poets.[3] The poem tells the tragic story of a young woman named Nuleeni, who has been brought to her late husband's funeral pyre to commit sati when she is rescued by a band of thieves led by her childhood friend, the titular fakir. Her father convinces the nawab of Rajmahal to recapture her with his army; in the ensuing battle, many die, including Nuleeni and her lover.[4] The poem has been compared to Lord Byron's so-called "Turkish Tales" like The Giaour and to Letitia Elizabeth Landon's poem "The Improvisatrice".[1]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Black, Joseph; Conolly, Leonard; Flint, Kate; Grundy, Isobel; Lepan, Don; Liuzza, Roy; McGann, Jerome J.; Prescott, Anne Lake; Qualls, Barry V.; Waters, Claire, eds. (4 December 2014). The Broadview anthology of British literature (Third ed.). Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. ISBN 978-1-55481-202-8. OCLC 894141161.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Paranjape, Makarand R. (2013). ""East Indian" Cosmopolitanism: Henry Derozio's Fakeer of Jungheera and the Birth of Indian Modernity". Making India: Colonialism, National Culture, and the Afterlife of Indian English Authority. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands. pp. 41–64. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-4661-9_3. ISBN 978-94-007-4660-2.
- ↑ Gokak, Vnayak Krishna, ed. (1970). The Golden Treasury of Indo-Anglian Poetry: 1828–1965. Sahitya Akademi. ISBN 81-260-1196-3.
- ↑ Chaudhuri, Rosinka (2004-08-01). "An Ideology of Indianness: The Construction of Colonial/Communal Stereotypes in the Poems of Henry Derozio". Studies in History. 20 (2): 167–187. doi:10.1177/025764300402000201. ISSN 0257-6430. S2CID 162248483.
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