Article
Facing East, Facing West: Mark Twain's Following the Equator and Pandita Ramabai's The Peoples of the United States
Journeys
(2009)
Abstract
Mark Twain's Following the Equator (1897), a narrative of a journey to the South Pacific, Australia, South Asia, and South Africa, has occupied a small but significant space in the consideration of Twain's wider career as both a travel writer and social critic. Twain's work has not, however, been considered in conjunction with the works of later nineteenth-century South Asian travelers in North America. The present article puts Twain's discussion of India and Ceylon (present-day Sri Lanka) in dialogue with Indian scholar and women's rights activist Pandita Ramabai's 1889 travelogue The Peoples of the United States.
Keywords
- Travel,
- Mark Twain,
- Pandita Ramabai,
- India,
- United States,
- Ceylon,
- Sri Lanka
Disciplines
Publication Date
2009
Citation Information
Brian Yothers. "Facing East, Facing West: Mark Twain's Following the Equator and Pandita Ramabai's The Peoples of the United States" Journeys Vol. 10 Iss. 1 (2009) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/brian_yothers/9/