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Antarctica in Fiction : Imaginative Narratives of the Far South.
This first comprehensive exploration of literary responses to Antarctica maps the far south as a space of the imagination.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; ANTARCTICA IN FICTION; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; CHAPTER 1: Speculative Visions of the South Polar Regions; BEGINNINGS; THE UTOPIAN CONTINENT; POLAR PORTALS; AVARICE AND EXPLOITATION; SCIENCE AND UTOPIAN SPECULATION IN KIM STANLEY ROBINSON'S ANTARCTICA; CHAPTER 2: Bodies, Boundaries and the Antarctic Gothic; POLAR PSYCHOTOPOGRAPHY; FAR SOUTHERN GOTHIC; THE LEGACY OF PYM; THE POLAR VORTEX; HEROIC-ERA HORRORS; BODIES AND BOUNDARIES: THE THING AND ITS IMITATORS.
- THE BERG THAT ATE MANHATTAN: ANTARCTICA AS GLOBAL THREAT AND GLOBAL REFUGECHAPTER 3: Creative Explorations of the Heroic Era; GOING OUTSIDE: CAPTAIN OATES'S LITERARY LEGACY; FROM THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN: EXPLORING ALTERNATIVE VIEWS; CHAPTER 4: The Survival Value of Literatureat High Latitudes; THE NOT-SO-STRENUOUS LIFE: BOOKS IN THE HEROIC ERA; PUBLISH OR PERISH: THE POLAR NEWSPAPER; SLEDGOMETER VERSE; ANTARCTIC THEATRE: SCOTT'S FROZEN FARCE; CHAPTER 5: The Transforming Nature of Antarctic Travel; THE ANTARCTIC PASTORAL; 'NOT THE SUBZERO TYPE': MALE TRANSFORMATION NARRATIVES.
- 'BRIDGET JONES GOES TO THE POLE': FEMALE TRANSFORMATION NARRATIVESCHAPTER 6: Freezing Time in Far Southern Narratives; DIURNAL DISTURBANCES; THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT: ALLOCHRONIC FICTION; ANTARCTIC CRYONICS; LAND OF THE ETERNAL RETURN; THE ICE CORE: TIME FUTURE; Coda; Notes; Bibliography; Index.