Table of Contents

List of Illustrations, Preface, Acknowledgements, Abbreviations, INTRODUCTION, PART 1 SIR JOHN WOODROFFE 1865-1936 A biographical study, PART 2 ARTHUR AVALON The Creation of a Legendary Orientalist, Appendices, Notes, Bibliography, Index

About the Author

Kathleen Taylor

Reviews

'Excellent, painstaking biography.' - Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies

'Kathleen Taylor has not only produced a biography worth waiting for but also, as the title suggests, shed light on some wider issues regarding the study and practice of Tantra in Bengal in the early decades of the twentieth century.' - Contemporary South Asia

'Excellent, painstaking biography.' - Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies

'fascinating work ... relevant to all of those working on South Asian Studies, or interested in a well-grounded analysis of the encounter between 'East and West' that goes beyong the one-dimensional' - IIAS Newsletter

'Kathleen Taylor has not only produced a biography worth waiting for but also, as the title suggests, shed light on some wider issues regarding the study and practice of Tantra in Bengal in the early decades of the twentieth century.' - Contemporary South Asia