Visual culture and Arctic voyages : personal and public art and literature of the Franklin search expeditions

Visual culture and Arctic voyages personal and public art and literature of the Franklin search expeditions

In the mid-nineteenth century, thirty-six expeditions set out for the Northwest Passage in search of Sir John Franklin's missing expedition. The array of visual and textual material produced on these voyages was to have a profound impact on the idea of the Arctic in the Victorian imaginary. Eav...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: O'Dochartaigh, Eavan, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press 2022.
Colección:Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ; 136.
Materias:
Franklin, John, > 1786-1847 > Travel > Arctic regions.
Terror (Ship)
Erebus (Ship)
John Franklin Arctic Expedition > (1845-1851)
Search and rescue operations > Arctic Ocean > History > 19th century.
Arctic regions > Discovery and exploration > British.
Northwest Passage > Discovery and exploration > British.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009648338606719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : witnessing the Arctic
  • "On the spot :" scientific and personal visual records (1848-1854)
  • "Breathing time :" on-board production of illustrated periodicals (1850-1854)
  • "These dread shores :" visualizing the Arctic for readers (1850-1860)
  • "Never to be Forgotten :" presenting the Arctic panorama (1850)
  • "Power and truth :" the authority of lithography (1850-1855)
  • Conclusion : resonances.

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