The South Sea Island : a geography of pleasure /
"The South Sea Island--A Geography of Pleasure is a journey through the history of ideas and literature over three centuries of European and American narratives about islands, oceans, and archipelagos. Literary scholar Frits Andersen reads and analyses travel accounts, paintings, films, and nov...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Aarhus :
Aarhus University Press,
2024.
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| Summary: | "The South Sea Island--A Geography of Pleasure is a journey through the history of ideas and literature over three centuries of European and American narratives about islands, oceans, and archipelagos. Literary scholar Frits Andersen reads and analyses travel accounts, paintings, films, and novels from the 18th century up until the present day by visual artists and authors including Paul Gauguin, Herman Melville, Robert Louis Stevenson, Jules Verne, and Thor Heyerdahl. These readings, combined with Andersen's eye for pleasure, sense, and longing, give rise to a novel literary history of the disappearing Pacific islands. At the same time, the book offers historical models that we can use today to enhance our understanding of, and find new answers to, global political and climate-related challenges"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 457 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 446-451) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9788771849134 8771849130 |