Focusing on nineteenth-century attempts to locate the northwest passage, the essays in this volume present this quest as a central element of British culture.
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'The depth of scholarship evident in the individual essays is impressive, and they complement each other in obvious and unexpected ways... the book forms a valuable and enjoyable addition to scholarship on exploration narratives and provides remarkable insight into the lives of the best-remembered participants in the nineteenth century British quest for the Northwest Passage.' Journal of British Studies
List of Contributors
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Introduction: Exploration and Sacrifice: The Cultural Logic of Arctic Discovery - Russell A. Potter
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Part I Hubris, Conflicts and Desires
1 John Barrow's Darling Project (1816-46) - I. S. MacLaren
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2 Eskimaux, Officers and Gentlemen: Sir John Ross in the Icy Fields of Credibility (1818-46) - Frederic Regard
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3 `In the Company of Strangers': Shedding Light on Robert McClure's Claim of Discovery (1850-7) - Catherine Pesso-Miquel
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Part II Sir John Franklin: Heroism, Myth, Gender
4 Miss Porden, Mrs Franklin and the Arctic Expeditions: Eleanor Anne Porden and the Construction of Arctic Heroism (1818-25) - Janice Cavell
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5 Arctic Romance under a Cloud: Franklin's Second Expedition by Land (1825-7) - Catherine Lanone
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6 Unremitting Exertions: Sentiment and Responsibility in Jane Franklin's Correspondence (1854) - Penny Russell
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Part III The Northwest Passage in Nineteenth-Century Culture
7 Discovery as Cheerful Endurance: William Edward Parry's Quest (1819-25) - Jan Borm
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8 `Is This the End?': Swinburne's Paradoxical Tribute to Sir John Franklin (1860) - Charlotte Ribeyrol
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9 A Certain `Want of Arch-Inscape'? The Critical Reception of Millais's North-West Passage (1874) - Laurent Bury
