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Inveterate Walkers, Literary Minds makes visible the writings of Bengal's travellers (mostly pilgrims) who went, on foot, into Himalayan trails from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. It traces the emergent subjectivities of the men and women who wrote both ordinary travel accounts and reflective self-writing.
List of contents
Foreword by Bill Ashcroft
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1: Early Pilgrims: Emergence of the Self-absorbed Walker
Chapter 2: The Urge to Surrender: Spiritualising and Aestheticising the Himalaya
Chapter 3: The Woman Traveller as Writer: Forging Selfhoods Through Himalayan Journeys
Works cited
Index
About the author
Anandarup Biswas is an Associate Professor in English literary studies at Shibpur Dinobundhoo College, affiliated with the University of Calcutta. He is also a guest faculty in the Department of English, Presidency University, Kolkata. His doctoral research on the Australian writer Eric Rolls falls under the domain of environmental humanities. His essay titled Bengal's Encounter with the Himalaya: Mountaineering Beyond Conquest" has found a place in the anthology,
The Mountain and the Politics of Representation, edited by Jenny and Martin Hall (2023). He has also published essays on environmental humanities, travel writing and Sherpa autobiographies.
Summary
Inveterate Walkers, Literary Minds makes visible the writings of Bengal’s travellers (mostly pilgrims) who went, on foot, into Himalayan trails from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. It traces the emergent subjectivities of the men and women who wrote both ordinary travel accounts and reflective self-writing.
