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From Adam's Peak to Elephanta: Sketches of Ceylon and India

From Adam's Peak to Elephanta: Sketches of Ceylon and India

Edward Carpenter

Paperback

Fiction AnthologiesGeneral ArtGeneral Asia

ISBN10: 9353607361
ISBN13: 9789353607364
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 10 2019
Pages: 382
Weight: 1.07
Height: 0.85 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
First published in the high noon of the British Raj, From Adam's Peak to Elephanta stands among the classic travel literature of the colonial era. Across jungle, coast and crowded bazaar, Edward Carpenter records his journeys in Ceylon and India with an unusually searching gaze, part Victorian travel narrative, part spiritual notebook. His eye is never still. Temples, village processions, railway platforms and great rivers all become starting points for reflections on eastern spirituality and mysticism, landscape and empire. As a poet, social thinker and early advocate of same-sex love, Carpenter approached South Asia with a rare mixture of sympathy and critique, offering British perceptions of India that are at once fascinated, unsettled and questioning. His sketches open a vivid window onto 19th-century India travel and Victorian Ceylon exploration, capturing everyday scenes and religious encounters that now speak directly to armchair travel readers and South Asian history enthusiasts alike. For readers building a British Raj history collection, and for Rudyard Kipling India fans curious about a more introspective, reformist voice from the same era, this is a quietly radical companion among colonial era travel classics. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint -- a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

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