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

"In 1845, Sir John Franklin and his crew set out from London on the ships Terror and Erebus for the Northwest Passage that was thought to link the Atlantic and Pacific oceans via the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. When the Franklin expedition failed to return, numerous search expeditions (thirty-...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	O'Dochartaigh, Eavan (Author)
Corporate Author:	Cambridge University Press
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
Series:	Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture
Subjects:	Franklin, John, > 1786-1847 > Travel > Arctic regions. Terror (Ship) Erebus (Ship) John Franklin Arctic Expedition > (1845-1851) Franklin, John, > 1786-1847. Search and rescue operations > Arctic Ocean > History > 19th century. Arctic regions > Discovery and exploration > British. Northwest Passage > Discovery and exploration > British. Opérations de recherche et de sauvetage > Arctique, Océan > Histoire > 19e siècle. LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Discoveries in geography > British. Search and rescue operations. Travel. Arctic Ocean. Arctic Ocean > Northwest Passage. Arctic Regions. 1800-1899 nineteenth-century literature and cultural history history of exploration and the polar regions naval history visual culture ephemera Electronic books. History.
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Table of Contents:

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.