Second-hand poetics: Dynamic shifts from home to monument

• Main Author: Williams, Tina
• Other Authors: Wood, Peter
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Victoria University of Wellington 2017
• Subjects: Antarctica; Home; Monument; Nationality; Drawing; Antarctic; Dampier Bay; Lyttelton; New Zealand; Shackleton; The Antarctic; The Monument; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://researcharchive.vuw.ac.nz/handle/10063/6891

This thesis began with an Antarctic story. There is something sublime about the adventures of Scott and Shackleton; their ability to entertain the emotive sensation of place, despite a physical detachment. Tales of exploration arrest moments of suspense, drama and inspiration and yet they are surrou...