‘Waste Dominion’, ‘White Warfare’, and Antarctic Modernism
This paper considers the historical coincidence of modernism and the heroic age of Antarctic exploration. In particular, it contextualises allusions to representations of Antarctic journeys in the writings of Henry James and T.S. Eliot, and reflects on the way these bear on the fate of the sublime i...
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Tate
2010
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Online Access: | https://www.tate.org.uk/research/publications/tate-papers/14/waste-dominion-white-warfare-and-antarctic-modernism |
Summary: | This paper considers the historical coincidence of modernism and the heroic age of Antarctic exploration. In particular, it contextualises allusions to representations of Antarctic journeys in the writings of Henry James and T.S. Eliot, and reflects on the way these bear on the fate of the sublime in the twentieth century. |
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