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...
Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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London :
UCL Press,
2018.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- 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.