Imagining the Arctic : heroism, spectacle and polar exploration / Huw Lewis-Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lewis-Jones, Huw, author.

Series:

Tauris historical geography series ; 9.

Tauris historical geography series ; 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Polar regions--Discovery and exploration--19th century.

Polar regions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (449 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.

System Details:

text file

HTML

PDF

Summary:

"Imagining the Arctic explores the culture and politics of polar exploration and the making of its heroes. Leading explorers, the celebrity figures of their day, went to great lengths to convince their contemporaries of the merits of polar voyages. Much of exploration was in fact theatre: a series of performances to capture public attention and persuade governments to finance ambitious proposals. The achievements of explorers were promoted, celebrated, and manipulated, whilst explorers themselves became the subject of huge attention. Huw Lewis-Jones draws upon recovered texts and striking images, many reproduced for the first time since the nineteenth century, to show how exploration was projected through a series of spectacular visuals, helping us to reconstruct the ways that heroes and the wilderness were imagined. Elegantly written and richly illustrated, Imagining the Arctic offers original insights into our understanding of exploration and its pull on the public imagination."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Introduction: The Invisible Throne

Chapter 1. On Naval Heroes

Chapter 2. Nelson's Bear

Chapter 3. The North Star

Chapter 4. A Flight of Fancy

Chapter 5. Exhibiting Things

Chapter 6. Franklin's Ghost

Ending Quotes

Notes

List of Illustrations

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781350986770

1350986771

9781786732460

1786732467

9781786722461

1786722461

OCLC:

1114388885