Shane McCorristine

Broschiertes Buch

The Spectral Arctic

A History of Dreams and Ghosts in Polar Exploration

Beschreibung

Visitors to the Arctic enter places that have been traditionally imagined as otherworldly. The Spectral Arctic re-thinks our understanding of Arctic exploration by paying attention to the importance of dreams and ghosts in the quest for the Northwest Passage.

Autor

Shane McCorristine is a cultural historian with an interest in social attitudes to ghosts, dreams, death, and species extinction in the long nineteenth century. He is the author of William Corder and the Red Barn Murder and Spectres of the Self.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: UCL Press
• Seitenzahl: 326
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 520g
• ISBN-13: 9781787352469
• ISBN-10: 1787352463
• Artikelnr.: 51991576