Kooperativer Bibliotheksverbund

UID:

Format: 1 online resource (384 pages) : , illustrations (black and white).

ISBN: 9780300252828 (ebook) :

Series Statement: Yale scholarship online

Content: European forays to mountain summits began in the late 18th and early 19th centuries with the search for plants and minerals and the study of geology and glaciers. Yet scientists were soon captivated by the enterprise of climbing itself, enthralled with the views and the prospect of 'conquering' alpine summits. Inspired by Romantic notions of nature, early mountaineers idealized their endeavours as sublime experiences, all the while deliberately measuring what they saw. As increased leisure time and advances in infrastructure and equipment opened up once formidable mountain regions to those seeking adventure and sport, new models of masculinity emerged that were fraught with tensions. This text examines how written and artistic depictions of 19th century exploration and mountaineering in the Andes, the Alps, and the Sierra Nevada shaped cultural understandings of nature and wilderness in the Anthropocene.

Note: Previously issued in print: 2020.

Additional Edition: Print version : ISBN 9780300231946

Language: English

URL: Yale scholarship online

UID:

Format: xi, 365 Seiten , Illustrationen

ISBN: 9780300231946

Content: "Rather than documenting the history of Alpinism, recounting the ascents of peaks, or giving a portrayal of the most renowned climbers, this book presents a kind of Humboldtian history of mountaineering in the long nineteenth century (ca. 1789-1914) when both scientific progress and aesthetic reverence became available through the embodied experience of the mountaineer"--

Language: English

Keywords: Bergsteigen ; Geschichte 1789-1914

URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis

Author information: Schaumann, Caroline

UID:

Format: 1 online resource (xi, 365 pages) : , illustrations

ISBN: 0-300-25282-X

Series Statement: Yale scholarship online

Content: European forays to mountain summits began in the late 18th and early 19th centuries with the search for plants and minerals and the study of geology and glaciers. Yet scientists were soon captivated by the enterprise of climbing itself, enthralled with the views and the prospect of 'conquering' alpine summits. Inspired by Romantic notions of nature, early mountaineers idealized their endeavours as sublime experiences, all the while deliberately measuring what they saw. As increased leisure time and advances in infrastructure and equipment opened up once formidable mountain regions to those seeking adventure and sport, new models of masculinity emerged that were fraught with tensions. This text examines how written and artistic depictions of 19th century exploration and mountaineering in the Andes, the Alps, and the Sierra Nevada shaped cultural understandings of nature and wilderness in the Anthropocene.

Note: Previously issued in print: 2020. , Frontmatter -- , CONTENTS -- , Acknowledgments -- , Introduction: Encounters with Rock and Ice Between Science and Sublimity -- , 1. The Vicissitudes of Humboldt’s Mountain Moments -- , 2. The Drama of Ascent -- , 3. The Alps: A Brief History -- , 4. Horace-Bénédict de Saussure’s Quest for Mont Blanc -- , 5. Icecapades: James David Forbes and Louis Agassiz -- , 6. The Selling of the Alps and the Beginning of the “Golden Age”: Albert Smith and Alfred Wills -- , 7. Poetic Science and Competitive Vigor: John Tyndall and Edward Whymper -- , 8. The Making of Modern Climbing: Leslie Stephen -- , 9. Transcontinental Shifts: Clarence King’s Representation of the American West -- , 10. The Solitary Mountaineer: John Muir -- , Epilogue -- , Notes -- , Bibliography -- , Index , Issued also in print.

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-300-23194-6

Language: English

DOI: 10.12987/9780300252828