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Imperial Ascent
Peter L. Bayers
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Description for Imperial Ascent
Hardcover. Num Pages: 184 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 3JJ; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
The thrills and chills of mountaineering literature have long attracted a devoted audience of serious climbers, adventure-seekers, and armchair enthusiasts. In recent decades, scholars have come to view these tales of prowess and fortitude as texts laden with ideological meaning. In Imperial Ascent, a comparative study of seven such twentieth-century mountaineering narratives, Peter L. Bayers articulates the multiple and varied ways mountaineering and its literature have played in the formation and maintenance of national identity. By examining such works as Belmore Browne's The Conquest of Mount McKinley and Sir John Hunt's The Ascent of Everest, Bayers contends that for American ... Read more
The thrills and chills of mountaineering literature have long attracted a devoted audience of serious climbers, adventure-seekers, and armchair enthusiasts. In recent decades, scholars have come to view these tales of prowess and fortitude as texts laden with ideological meaning. In Imperial Ascent, a comparative study of seven such twentieth-century mountaineering narratives, Peter L. Bayers articulates the multiple and varied ways mountaineering and its literature have played in the formation and maintenance of national identity. By examining such works as Belmore Browne's The Conquest of Mount McKinley and Sir John Hunt's The Ascent of Everest, Bayers contends that for American ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University Press of Colorado United States
Number of pages
174
Condition
New
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
Colorado, United States
ISBN
9780870817168
SKU
V9780870817168
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About Peter L. Bayers
Peter L. Bayers is a professor of English at Fairfield University.
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