Visual Culture and Arctic Voyages Personal and Public Art and Literature of the Franklin Search Expeditions

• Hoofdauteur: O'Dochartaigh, Eavan (auth)
• Formaat: Elektronisch Hoofdstuk
• Taal: Engels
• Gepubliceerd in: Cambridge University Press 2022
• Reeks: Humanities
• Onderwerpen: Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900; Expeditions; History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900; nineteenth-century literature and cultural history; history of exploration and the polar regions; naval history; visual culture; ephemera
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Uncovering a wealth of neglected archival information, this book examines both visual and textual material from the mid-nineteenth century Franklin Search Expeditions to the Arctic, painstakingly tracing their influence on popular imagination. Its surprising findings present a compelling challenge t...