Umfang:
256 pages
,
illustrations
,
23 cm
ISBN:
9781843447252
,
1843447258
Inhalt:
How has the idea of the South come to exert such a powerful hold over our imagination? From the beaches of Southern Europe to the Great White South of the Antarctic; from South America to the South Pacific, South explores this most diverse and captivating of regions. The South has long since cast its spell on writers and artists, from Goethe and Poe, to Gauguin, Lawrence and Kerouac; while landscapes of ice and snow, sand and sea, have lured explorers southwards for centuries, often with fatal consequences. This book will follow in the footsteps of Cook, Scott, John Muir and others as they recount their journeys
Inhalt:
Introduction: The Idea of South -- Chapter One: Goethe's Law; The Grand Tour; Goethe's Italian Journey; Nietzsche's Discovery of the South; Heliotherapy and the Invention of Sunbathing; Southern Twilight: DH Lawrence in Italy; Gold Rush: Spain and the Tourist South -- Chapter Two: In the South Seas; Terra Australis and the Utopian South; Transit of Venus: De Bougainville, Cook and the Discovery of the South; The Arrival of the Missionaries; Paradise Lost: Melville and Stevenson; Noa Noa: Gauguin and the Tahitian Dream; The Nuclear South -- Chapter Three: Magic South; Deep South; Walking South: John Muir; Southland; South of the Border: Kerouac in Mexico; Sur, Borges and 'The South' -- Chapter Four: The Polar South; Arctic and Antarctic; Antarctic Mythology; The Aristocrats of the South; Hollow Earth; The Polar Gothic: Coleridge, Poe and Lovecraft; The Antarctic as Refuge -- Chapter Five: South of the River
Anmerkung:
'South' is written upsidedown on cover
,
Includes bibliographical references and index
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781843447269
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781843447276
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781843447283
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Süden
;
Entdeckungsreise
;
Reise
;
Künste
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