Writing the heavenly frontier [[electronic resource] ] : metaphor, geography and flight autobiography in America 1927-1954 / / Denice Turner
| Writing the heavenly frontier [[electronic resource] ] : metaphor, geography and flight autobiography in America 1927-1954 / / Denice Turner |
| Autore | Turner Denice |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam, : Rodopi, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (219 p.) |
| Disciplina | 940.54/4082 |
| Collana | Costerus |
| Soggetto topico |
Air pilots - United States
Flight - History Aeronautics - Human factors - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-03458-1
9786613034588 90-420-3297-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preliminary Material -- WRITING THE HEAVENLY FRONTIER -- IMAGINATIVE GEOGRAPHIES AND THE INVENTION OF THE AERIAL SUBJECT -- FROM PILOT TO POET: THE TRANSFORMATION OF LINDBERGH -- POLAR FRONTIERS AND PUBLIC FICTIONS: SKYWARD WITH RICHARD E. BYRD -- AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL DEMANDS AND HISTORICAL REALITIES -- JIMMY COLLINS AND THE TETHERS OF MATERIALITY -- FLIGHT AS EMANCIPATION: WILLIAM J. POWELL’S DREAM OF BLACK WINGS -- THE FLYING BOUDOIR -- THE SOUND OF WINGS: AUTOBIOGRAPHIES BY AMELIA EARHART -- LOUISE THADEN AND THE TETHERS OF MOTHERHOOD -- FLIGHT AS UPWARD MOBILITY: JACKIE COCHRAN AND THE STARS AT NOON -- TRANSCENDENCE ABROAD -- CULTIVATING THE GARDEN: ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPÉRY AND THE NOBLE STRUGGLE -- ESCAPING THE WILDERNESS: ANNE MORROW LINDBERGH AND THE EPIC JOURNEY -- LATE CENTURY METAPHORS: LARRY WALTERS AND THE RICH MAN’S WEDDING CAKE -- INDEX. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460182503321 |
Turner Denice
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| Amsterdam, : Rodopi, 2011 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Writing the heavenly frontier [[electronic resource] ] : metaphor, geography and flight autobiography in America 1927-1954 / / Denice Turner
| Writing the heavenly frontier [[electronic resource] ] : metaphor, geography and flight autobiography in America 1927-1954 / / Denice Turner |
| Autore | Turner Denice H. <1964-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam, : Rodopi, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (219 p.) |
| Disciplina | 940.54/4082 |
| Collana | Costerus |
| Soggetto topico |
Air pilots - United States
Flight - History Aeronautics - Human factors - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato | Pilots - Authorship - United States - History - 20th century |
| ISBN |
1-283-03458-1
9786613034588 90-420-3297-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preliminary Material -- WRITING THE HEAVENLY FRONTIER -- IMAGINATIVE GEOGRAPHIES AND THE INVENTION OF THE AERIAL SUBJECT -- FROM PILOT TO POET: THE TRANSFORMATION OF LINDBERGH -- POLAR FRONTIERS AND PUBLIC FICTIONS: SKYWARD WITH RICHARD E. BYRD -- AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL DEMANDS AND HISTORICAL REALITIES -- JIMMY COLLINS AND THE TETHERS OF MATERIALITY -- FLIGHT AS EMANCIPATION: WILLIAM J. POWELL’S DREAM OF BLACK WINGS -- THE FLYING BOUDOIR -- THE SOUND OF WINGS: AUTOBIOGRAPHIES BY AMELIA EARHART -- LOUISE THADEN AND THE TETHERS OF MOTHERHOOD -- FLIGHT AS UPWARD MOBILITY: JACKIE COCHRAN AND THE STARS AT NOON -- TRANSCENDENCE ABROAD -- CULTIVATING THE GARDEN: ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPÉRY AND THE NOBLE STRUGGLE -- ESCAPING THE WILDERNESS: ANNE MORROW LINDBERGH AND THE EPIC JOURNEY -- LATE CENTURY METAPHORS: LARRY WALTERS AND THE RICH MAN’S WEDDING CAKE -- INDEX. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789614303321 |
Turner Denice H. <1964->
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| Amsterdam, : Rodopi, 2011 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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