Writing Arctic disaster : authorship and exploration / Adriana Craciun.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Craciun, Adriana, 1967- author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ; 104.

Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ; 104

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Franklin, John, 1786-1847.

English fiction--19th century--History and criticism.

English fiction.

Arctic regions--In literature.

Arctic regions.

Northwest Passage--In literature.

Northwest Passage.

Explorers in literature.

Northwest Passage--Discovery and exploration--British.

Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration--British.

Arctic Regions.

Discoveries in geography.

British.

Franklin, John, 1786-1847--Influence.

Franklin, John.

Physical Description:

xii, 306 pages ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2016.

Contents:

Introduction: Northwest passages and exploration cultures

Arctic archives: Victorian relics, sites, collections

Exploration, publication, and inscription in the age of Murray

Building upon disaster: adventurers in Hudson Bay

The famous mark of our discovery: social authorship and Arctic inscriptions

Broken lands and lost relics: the Victorian rediscovery of the early modern Arctic

Epilogue: Franklin found and lost.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781107125544

1107125545

OCLC:

922913231