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Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. 'We had hopes that pointed to the clouds': the Alps and the Poetics of Ascent
2. 'A volcano heard afar': Vesuvius, Etna, and the Poetics of Depth
3. 'The region of beauty and delight': Re-imagining the Polar Sublime
4. 'The lone and level sands': Romanticism and the Desert
5. 'My purpose was humbler, but also higher': Thomas De Quincey at the Final Frontier
Bibliography
Index.