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

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McCorristine, Shane, 1983- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : UCL Press, 2018.
Subjects:
John Franklin Arctic Expedition > (1845-1851)
Apparitions > Arctic regions.
Shamanism > Arctic regions.
Apparitions > Arctique.
Chamanisme > Arctique.
Apparitions.
Discoveries in geography.
Shamanism.
Arctic regions > Discovery and exploration.
Northwest Passage.
Arctique > Découverte et exploration.
Nord-Ouest, Passage du.
Arctic Ocean > Northwest Passage.
Arctic Regions.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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