I shall satiate my ardent curiosity with the sight of a part of the world never before visited, and may tread a land never before imprinted by the foot of man. These are my enticements, and they are sufficient to conquer all fear of danger (. . .) Walton in Mary Shelley, Frankenstein (Anm. 37), 15f. In: Die Polargebiete der Bibliothek. Über eine metapoetische Metapher. Hg. v. Bettine Menke. In: DVjs 4/2000, S. 545-599.