"Lords of the World": Writing Gender and Imperialism on Northern Space in C.C. Vyvyan's Artic Adventure

C.C. Vyvyan's travel book Arctic Adventure (1961) marks a transition from centuries of Arctic discovery and exploration narratives. Vyvyan manipulates her traveling and writing personae in a genre that has historically been masculine, and she resists the imperial baggage that traditionally acco...

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Main Author: Smyth, Heather
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: University of New Brunswick 1998
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spelling ftuninewbrunojs:oai:ojs.journals.lib.unb.ca:article/8272 2023-05-15T14:45:27+02:00 "Lords of the World": Writing Gender and Imperialism on Northern Space in C.C. Vyvyan's Artic Adventure Smyth, Heather 1998-01-01 text/html application/pdf https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/SCL/article/view/8272 eng eng University of New Brunswick https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/SCL/article/view/8272/13944 https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/SCL/article/view/8272/9335 https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/SCL/article/view/8272 Copyright (c) 2015 Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne Studies in Canadian Literature; Volume 23, Number 1 (1998) Études en littérature canadienne; Volume 23, Number 1 (1998) 1718-7850 0380-6995 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 1998 ftuninewbrunojs 2022-07-11T11:44:34Z C.C. Vyvyan's travel book Arctic Adventure (1961) marks a transition from centuries of Arctic discovery and exploration narratives. Vyvyan manipulates her traveling and writing personae in a genre that has historically been masculine, and she resists the imperial baggage that traditionally accompanies travel writing. In this movement between the roles of heroic explorer and curious observer, Vyvyan exemplifies T.D. MacLulich's categorization of emplotment in Canadian exploration narratives. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic University of New Brunswick: Centre for Digital Scholarship Journals Arctic
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description C.C. Vyvyan's travel book Arctic Adventure (1961) marks a transition from centuries of Arctic discovery and exploration narratives. Vyvyan manipulates her traveling and writing personae in a genre that has historically been masculine, and she resists the imperial baggage that traditionally accompanies travel writing. In this movement between the roles of heroic explorer and curious observer, Vyvyan exemplifies T.D. MacLulich's categorization of emplotment in Canadian exploration narratives.
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