In Literature
The 1955 historical novel Coromandel! by John Masters describes a young English adventurer arriving in the 17th Century at the Coromandel Coast - the founder of the Savage family, whose descendants' lives at various periods of British rule in India appear in other books of Masters' series.
Also, the little-known early 20th-century poet Walter J. Turner wrote a poem entitled 'Coromandel'.
"The Courtship Of The Yonghy-bonghy-bo" by Edward Lear is set on the Coast of Coromandel.
Coromandel Wood is referred to by Dame Edith Sitwell in her poem "Black Mrs Behemoth", part of "Façade", the grain of which, she likened to the rolling, curling smoke of a blown out candle. Her brother, Sir Osbert Sitwell composed a poem entitled "On the coast of Coromandel".
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