Imagining the Arctic: Heroism, Spectacle and Polar Exploration
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...
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ftfalmouthuniv:oai:repository.falmouth.ac.uk:3519 2024-09-15T17:51:40+00:00 Imagining the Arctic: Heroism, Spectacle and Polar Exploration Lewis-Jones, Huw 2017 image text https://repository.falmouth.ac.uk/3519/ https://repository.falmouth.ac.uk/3519/1/2017%20Imagining%20the%20Arctic.jpg https://repository.falmouth.ac.uk/3519/6/Huws%20New%20Book%202017.JPG https://repository.falmouth.ac.uk/3519/7/1876%20Punch%20Nares%2011%20Nov1876%20CROP%20copy%202.jpg https://repository.falmouth.ac.uk/3519/8/Various%20REAR%20NOTES%20NEW%20SPREAD%20Montage%20copy%202.jpg https://repository.falmouth.ac.uk/3519/21/2017%20Huw%20Lewis-Jones%20Jacket%20Design%20IMAGINING%20THE%20ARCTIC.pdf https://repository.falmouth.ac.uk/3519/22/2017%20Huw%20Lewis-Jones%20IMAGINING%20THE%20ARCTIC.pdf https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/imagining-the-arctic-9781784536589/ en eng I.B. Tauris / Bloomsbury https://repository.falmouth.ac.uk/3519/1/2017%20Imagining%20the%20Arctic.jpg https://repository.falmouth.ac.uk/3519/6/Huws%20New%20Book%202017.JPG https://repository.falmouth.ac.uk/3519/7/1876%20Punch%20Nares%2011%20Nov1876%20CROP%20copy%202.jpg https://repository.falmouth.ac.uk/3519/8/Various%20REAR%20NOTES%20NEW%20SPREAD%20Montage%20copy%202.jpg https://repository.falmouth.ac.uk/3519/21/2017%20Huw%20Lewis-Jones%20Jacket%20Design%20IMAGINING%20THE%20ARCTIC.pdf https://repository.falmouth.ac.uk/3519/22/2017%20Huw%20Lewis-Jones%20IMAGINING%20THE%20ARCTIC.pdf Lewis-Jones, Huw ORCID logoorcid:0000-0001-6455-4019 (2017) Imagining the Arctic: Heroism, Spectacle and Polar Exploration. Tauris Historical Geography Series . I.B. Tauris / Bloomsbury, London. ISBN 978-0755600991 Biographic Climate Change Geographic Geography & Environment Graphic Arts History Historical International Marine & Natural Photography Book PeerReviewed 2017 ftfalmouthuniv 2024-08-12T23:42:51Z 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.[Description from Publisher] Book Arctic Climate change Falmouth University Research Repository (FURR) |
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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.[Description from Publisher] |
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Imagining the Arctic: Heroism, Spectacle and Polar Exploration |
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Imagining the Arctic: Heroism, Spectacle and Polar Exploration |
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