Terror and Erebus by Gwendolyn MacEwen: White Technologies and the End of Science

• Published in: Nordlit
• Main Author: Renée Hulan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Norwegian
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2015
• Subjects: Norwegian literature; PT8301-9155; Arctic; Crozier; Rasmussen; inuit
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7557/13.3429; https://doaj.org/article/acd09a7865974b13ab3ac3537f095ae1

This paper examines Canadian poet Gwendolyn MacEwen’s verse play Terror and Erebus by considering the play’s representation of technology in light of its own poetic technologies. Terror and Erebus is a play for voices that features four characters: Franklin, Crozier, Rasmussen, and Qaqortingneq. As...