Bilal Parray

(Re) presenting 'Other': the Travel Tropes of James Milne Bilal Parray

Document from the year 2013 in the subject History - Asia, grade: -, -, language: English, abstract: Introduction "There is no foreign land; it is only the traveller that is foreign." (R. L. Stevenson) It is a well-established fact that by the turn of the twentieth century the genre of travels had been well established in the sanctum sanctorum of British literature particularly. There has been an immense increase in travel texts especially in 20th century than the preceding era. Focusing over multifarious issues, the travel texts had acquired a more peculiar form and much popularity. With a great vigour and vitality, texts related to travels in the East began to surface as early as the days of Renaissance times. Though more in number and maligned in message, yet travel accounts achieved its zenith only in the subsequent era of imperialism. As a matter of fact, by the high time of European imperialism the travel texts were found all over the Europe, even in catalogued form in different universities of the Europe. A marvellous text exposing the contours of colonial enterprise, even through mini narratives like Travel litewrature