Iain Sinclair, London and the Photographic - The Significance of the Visual Medium for the Writer's Prose

This book explores the significance of photography for Iain Sinclair's London prose. The visual medium is one of the writer's most prominent motifs, featuring extensively in his fiction and non-fiction. This study, however, proposes that its role in Sinclair's work extends beyond that of a literary theme, to an actual literary principle. In its interdisciplinary rereading of his writing, this book uses key notions of photography theory to examine the correlation between the principal ideological aspects of the visual medium and the main characteristics of Sinclair's unique brand of literature. The analysis reveals that photography may actually serve as a key to understanding the peculiar dynamics and inherent pluralities that define the writer's literary practice.

List of contents

Photography Historically, Critically, and from the Perspective of Iain Sinclair - Photographic Aspects of Sinclair's Prose - Sinclair's "Photographic" Perception and Portrayal of London - London in contemporary fiction and non-fiction - Transdisciplinary analysis - Literature and photography - Literature and the visual arts

About the author

Dominika Lewandowska-Rodak holds a PhD in English Literature and teaches at the Institute of English Studies, University of Warsaw. Her main research interests include contemporary English and Scottish urban prose, as well as translation studies. She also works as a literary translator.

Product details

• Authors: Dominika Lewandowska-Rodak
• Assisted by: Justyna Wierzchowska (Editor)
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2019
• EAN: 9783631771884
• ISBN: 978-3-631-77188-4
• No. of pages: 226
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 217 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 366 g
• Illustrations: 20 Abb.
• Series: Encounters. The Warsaw Studies in English Language Culture, Literature, and Visual Arts
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics