Extreme North: A Cultural History
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People have perennially projected their fantasies onto the North as a frozen no-man's-land full of marauding Vikings or as the unspoiled landscape of a purer, more elemental form of life. Bernd Brunner recovers the encounters of adventurers with its dramatic vistas, fierce weather, exotic treasures, and indigenous peoples--and with the literary sagas that seemed to offer an alternate ("whiter" and "superior") cultural origin story to those of decadent...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0393881008
ISBN13:9780393881004
Release Date:February 2022
Publisher:W. W. Norton & Company
Length:256 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"
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