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Writing Arctic Disaster: Authorship and Exploration - Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture New edition
Craciun, Adriana (University of California, Riverside)
Writing Arctic Disaster: Authorship and Exploration - Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture New edition
Craciun, Adriana (University of California, Riverside)
This fascinating study uncovers the rich variety of exploration texts flourishing before the Victorian equation of discovery with disaster: from the manuscript culture of secretive corporations like the Hudson's Bay Company, to the Admiralty and its illustrated books of naval science, to the Victorian popular exhibits of disaster relics.
326 pages, 39 b/w illus.
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | November 17, 2016 |
ISBN13 | 9781107565128 |
Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 326 |
Dimensions | 167 × 244 × 18 mm · 573 g |