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The spectral Arctic : a history of ghosts and dreams in polar exploration /

The Arctic was long imagined as an otherworldly place, thousands of miles from the warmth and familiarity of home, and nineteenth-century Britons were fascinated by the notion of the heroic explorer voyaging through harsh terrain in pursuit of the Northwest Passage. But the mapping of this vast unch...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McCorristine, Shane, 1983- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : UCL Press, 2018.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : Arctic dreams
  • Spectral geographies of the Arctic : shamanism, reveries, wandering
  • Mesmerism, clairvoyance and the search for the lost Franklin expedition
  • Spiritual routes and revelations : the Franklin mystery renewed
  • Polar queens, ghosts and mummies : women in Arctic discourses
  • The spectral place of the Franklin expedition in contemporary culture
  • Afterword : the discoveries of the Erebus and terror.