Visual Culture and Arctic Voyages
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Part of Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture
- Author: Eavan O'Dochartaigh, National University of Ireland, Galway
- Date Published: September 2024
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- isbn: 9781108994897
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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. Eavan O'Dochartaigh closely examines neglected archival sources to show how pictures created in the Arctic fed into a metropolitan view transmitted through engravings, lithographs, and panoramas. Although the metropolitan Arctic revolved around a fulcrum of heroism, terror and the sublime, the visual culture of the ship reveals a more complicated narrative that included cross-dressing, theatricals, dressmaking, and dances with local communities. O'Dochartaigh's investigation into the nature of the on-board visual culture of the nineteenth-century Arctic presents a compelling challenge to the 'man-versus-nature' trope that still reverberates in polar imaginaries today. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Read more- Provides a new model for interdisciplinary use of documentary art and archives, examining little-known material and drawing attention to the importance of collections for research
- Offers thorough yet accessible readings of archival material, giving valuable insight not only for academic readers across multiple disciplines but also for interested non-academic readers
- Brings together visual, literary, and geographical ways of seeing the historical Arctic, providing a broader historical picture of Arctic exploration and suggesting new avenues for further research
- This book is also available as Open Access
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- Date Published: September 2024
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108994897
- length: 292 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 152 mm
- weight: 0.397kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. 'On the Spot:' Scientific and personal visual records (1848-1854)
2. 'Breathing Time:' On-Board production of illustrated periodicals (1850-1854)
3. 'These Dread Shores:' Visualizing the Arctic for readers (1850-1860)
4. 'Never to be Forgotten:' Presenting the Arctic panorama (1850)
5. 'Power and Truth:' The authority of lithography (1850-1855)
6. Conclusion: Resonances.
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