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Klappentext This book lluminates the nineteenth-century fascination--in Britain and the U.S.--with visual representations of the Arctic, from fine art to panoramas, engravings, magic lantern slides, and photographs. Drawing from letters, diaries, cartoons, and sketches, as well as ephemera such as newspaper advertisements, playbills, and program booklets, Potter shows how representations of the Arctic expressed the fascination, dread, and wonder that the region inspired, and continues to inspire today. Zusammenfassung Discusses the nineteenth-century fascination with visual representations of the Arctic, offering a narrative of the major Arctic expeditions with an account of their public reception through art and mass media. This book traces the story of the exploration of the Northwest Passage and the beginnings of the push toward the North Pole. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Visuality and the Arctic RegionsPlatesA Foretaste of Those Icy Climes: Britain's Arctic CirclesThe Awful Aspect of the Scene: Arctic Panoramas and the Northern SublimeThe Killing Glitter of the Stars: Spectacles of the Search for FranklinThings Dimly Shadowed Forth: Picturing the "Last Dread Alternative"The Arctic Panoramas of Elisha Kent KaneTesting the Region of the Ice-bound Soul: Private Drama and Public SpectacleA Late and Sad Discovery: Death and the Arctic SublimeCuriosities of Unusual Interest: The Arctic Shows of Charles Francis HallA Most Weird and Beautiful Picture: Church's Visions of the Arctic Regions, 1860-1864The Photographic Artist: William Bradford and the Close of the Panoramic EraEpilogue: New Media, New HorizonsAppendix: Arctic Shows and Entertainments, 1819-1896: An Annotated Chronological ChecklistNotes Bibliography Index
