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When Captain Scott died in 1912 on his way back from the South Pole, his story became a myth embedded in the English imagination. Despite wars and social change, despite recent debunking, it is still there. Conventional histories of polar exploration tend to trace the laborious expeditions across the map, dwelling on the proper techniques of ice navigation and sledge travel, rather than asking what the explorers thought they were doing, or why. This book, in contrast, is about the poles as they have been perceived, dreamed of, even desired, and offers a cultural history of a national obsession with polar explorers and mountaineers. It sets out to show how Scott's death in 1912 was the culmination of a long-running national enchantment with perilous journeys to the ends of the earth.
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Francis Spufford, a former Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year (1997), has edited two acclaimed literary anthologies and a collection of essays about the history of technology. His first book, I May Be Some Time, won the Writers' Guild Award for Best Non-Fiction Book of 1996, the Banff Mountain Book Prize and a Somerset Maugham Award. His second, The Child That Books Built, gave Neil Gaiman 'the peculiar feeling that there was now a book I didn't need to write'. His third, Backroom Boys, was called 'as nearly perfect as makes no difference' by the Daily Telegraph and was shortlisted for the Aventis Prize. In 2007 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He teaches writing at Goldsmiths College and lives near Cambridge.
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Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. When Captain Scott died in 1912 on his way back from the South Pole, his story became a myth embedded in the English imagination. Despite wars and social change, despite recent debunking, it is still there. Conventional histories of polar exploration tend to trace the laborious expeditions across the map, dwelling on the proper techniques of ice navigation and sledge travel, rather than asking what the explorers thought they were doing, or why. This book, in contrast, is about the poles as they have been perceived, dreamed of, even desired, and offers a cultural history of a national obsession with polar explorers and mountaineers. It sets out to show how Scott's death in 1912 was the culmination of a long-running national enchantment with perilous journeys to the ends of the earth. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Codice articolo GOR001625815
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Condizione: Muy bueno. : En 'I May Be Some Time: Ice and the English Imagination', Francis Spufford explora la fascinación británica por la exploración polar y cómo esta obsesión se arraigó en la imaginación colectiva. A través de un análisis cultural profundo, Spufford examina los mitos y sueños asociados con los polos, revelando una historia de sentimientos y deseos que impulsaron a los exploradores a emprender viajes a territorios inexplorados. Este libro ofrece una perspectiva única sobre la exploración polar, combinando historia, cultura y psicología para comprender la atracción perdurable de los polos en la psique británica. EAN: 9780571179510 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Historia|Arte y Cultura Título: I May Be Some Time Autor: Francis Spufford Editorial: Faber & Faber Idioma: en Páginas: 384 Formato: tapa blanda. Codice articolo Happ-2024-03-11-cdeeedd8
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