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The South Sea Island

- A Geography of Pleasure
Af: Frits Andersen Engelsk Indbundet
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The South Sea Island

- A Geography of Pleasure
Af: Frits Andersen Engelsk Indbundet
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When the first European explorers ventured into the unknown Pacific Ocean, their minds were filled with tales of remote, paradisiacal islands. Hopeful ideas of noble savages, ecological balance, and immense riches gave them the courage to search for a new world – even when faced with the unimaginable.

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.

Frits Andersen is a professor of Comparative Literature at Aarhus University, Denmark. His previous works include The Dark Continent? Images of Africa in European Narratives about the Congo (2016). The Danish edition of this book, entitled Sydhavsøen. Nydelsens geografi received the Georg Brandes Prize.
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When the first European explorers ventured into the unknown Pacific Ocean, their minds were filled with tales of remote, paradisiacal islands. Hopeful ideas of noble savages, ecological balance, and immense riches gave them the courage to search for a new world – even when faced with the unimaginable.

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.

Frits Andersen is a professor of Comparative Literature at Aarhus University, Denmark. His previous works include The Dark Continent? Images of Africa in European Narratives about the Congo (2016). The Danish edition of this book, entitled Sydhavsøen. Nydelsens geografi received the Georg Brandes Prize.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 460
ISBN-13: 9788771849134
Indbinding: Indbundet
Udgave: 1
ISBN-10: 8771849130
Kategori: Litteraturhistorie og kritik
Udg. Dato: 7 feb 2024
Længde: 42mm
Bredde: 173mm
Højde: 253mm
Forlag: Aarhus Universitetsforlag
Oplagsdato: 7 feb 2024
Forfatter(e): Frits Andersen
Forfatter(e) Frits Andersen

Kategori Litteraturhistorie og kritik

ISBN-13 9788771849134

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Indbundet

Sider 460

Udgave 1

Længde 42mm

Bredde 173mm

Højde 253mm

Udg. Dato 7 feb 2024

Oplagsdato 7 feb 2024

Forlag Aarhus Universitetsforlag

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