Robert Louis Stevenson's Pacific Impressions Photography and Travel Writing, 1888-1894 /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Manfredi, Carla (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Σειρά: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture
• Θέματα: Literature, Modern-19th century.; Photography.; Culture.; Australasia.; Nineteenth-Century Literature.; Australasian Culture.

This book tackles photography's role during Robert Louis Stevenson's travels throughout the Pacific Island region and is the first study of his family's previously unpublished photographs. Cutting across disciplinary boundaries, the book integrates photographs with letters, non-fictio...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction: Stevenson and Early Photography in the Pacific Islands
• 2. "We are Savages": Cannibal Performances in the Marquesas
• 3. "An Extraordinary State of Affairs": the Hawaiian Embassy to Sāmoa
• 4. "Incongruities of Scale": Encountering the Atolls of Kiribati
• 5. "Native Movement": Islanders and the Janet Nicoll
• 6. "Little House in the Bush": Specters of Vailima
• 7. Conclusion
• 8. Appendix: About the Robert Louis Stevenson's Photograph Albums.