1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453916703321

Autore

Koivunen Leila

Titolo

Visualizing Africa in nineteenth-century British travel accounts [[electronic resource] /] / Leila Koivunen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY, : Routledge, 2008

ISBN

1-135-85612-5

1-281-83832-2

9786611838324

0-203-88463-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (368 p.)

Collana

Routledge research in travel writing ; ; 2

Disciplina

760/.0449916

916.0423

Soggetti

Illustration of books - Great Britain - 19th century

Travelers' writings, English - Africa - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Africa Description and travel

Africa Discovery and exploration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: Exploration and the Production of Travel Pictures; 1 The Framed View of Africa; 2 The Ideal of Visual Documentation; 3 Problematic Picturing; 4 Africa Captured in Pictures; Part II: Illustrations of Africa Take Shape in Europe; 5 Shared Eye-Witnessing; 6 Selection of Imagery; 7 The Inevitable Transformation; 8 Coping with the Unknown Continent; Conclusion: Africa through Western Eyes; Appendix 1: Explorer Biographies

Appendix 2: The Number of Illustrations Contained within the Travel Books ExaminedNotes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This study examines and explains how British explorers visualized the African interior in the latter part of the nineteenth century, providing the first sustained analysis of the process by which this visual material



was transformed into the illustrations in popular travel books. At that time, central Africa was, effectively, a blank canvas for Europeans, unknown and devoid of visual representations. While previous works have concentrated on exploring the stereotyped nature of printed imagery of Africa, this study examines the actual production process of images and the books in whic

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996384289303316

Autore

Swetnam Joseph <fl. 1617.>

Titolo

The arraignment of lewd, idle, froward, and unconstant women: or, the vanity of them, chuse you whether [[electronic resource] ] : With a commendation of the wise, vertuous, and honest woman. Pleasant for married-men, profitable for young-men, and hurtfull to none

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Printed at London, : by T.C. for F. Gro. and are to be sold at his shop, at the upper-end of Snow-hill, neere the Sarazens head without New gate, 1637

Descrizione fisica

[8], 63, [1] p

Soggetti

Women

Misogyny - England

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"The epistle" is signed: Joseph Swetnam.

Reproduction of original in the Victoria and Albert Museum National Art Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0184