Inspired Journeys: Travel Writers in Search of the Muse

Full of humor, profundity, and obsession, these are tales of writers on peregrine paths. Some set out in search of legends or artistic inspiration; others seek spiritual epiphany or fulfillment of a promise. Their journeys lead them variously to Dracula's castle, Laura Ingalls Wilder's prairie, the Grimms' fairy-tale road, Mayan temples, Nathaniel West's California, the Camino de Santiago trail, Scott's Antarctica, the Marquis de Sade's haunted manor, or the sacred city of Varanasi. All of these pilgrimages are worthy journeys--redemptive and serious. But a time-honored element of pilgrimage is a suspension of rules, and there is absurdity and exuberance here as well.

Author: Brian Bouldrey
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: 01/01/1996
Pages: 280
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.50w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780299309404

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 09/15/2016 pg. 16
Library Journal 12/01/2016 pg. 112
Shelf Awareness 12/23/2016

About the Author
Brian Bouldrey has written eight books, including Honorable Bandit: A Walk across Corsica, and edited six anthologies, including Traveling Souls. He teaches creative writing at Northwestern University and gave the 2016 keynote address to the American pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago de Compostela.