
Arthur Conan Doyle and Photography
Traces, Fairies and Other Apparitions
Bernd Stiegler(Autor*in)
Edinburgh University Press
Erscheint ca. am 10. Januar 2023
Buch
Hardcover
264 Seiten
978-1-3995-0218-4 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
Arthur Conan Doyle is best known as the author of the Sherlock Holmes stories. However, his works are far more extensive than these familiar works. They include historical novels, political pamphlets, historical studies, science fiction novels and, last but not least, numerous publications on spiritualism. Photography plays a central role in his work and gives rise to a highly peculiar world of imagination. The photographs allow us to take a look at the world in around 1900 with all its oddities. For Conan Doyle's contemporaries, Sherlock Holmes was a real figure. To Conan Doyle, photographs of elves, the dead and ghosts testified to their existence. This book collects these images, along with the imaginarium that surrounds them.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
In this fascinating new book Bernd Stiegler gathers a wealth of material to paint the portrait of Conan Doyle as a writer and doctor, a spiritualist and political activist. His study tells a gripping story; it explores the links between science and superstition, between colonialism and collective identity, loss and mourning in ways which deeply resonate with our current concerns. -- Carolin Duttlinger, University of OxfordWeitere Details
Sprache
Englisch
Verlagsort
Edinburgh
Großbritannien
Zielgruppe
Für Beruf und Forschung
Produkt-Hinweis
Fadenheftung
Gewebe-Einband
Illustrationen
120 black and white illustrations
Maße
Höhe: 234 mm
Breite: 156 mm
Dicke: 16 mm
Gewicht
544 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-3995-0218-4 (9781399502184)
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Professor Dr Bernd Stiegler is Professor of Literature at the University of Konsantz (Germany). Together with numerous books and articles in German, he is the author of Traveling in Place: A History of Armchair Travel, published by University of Chicago Press, 2013.
Inhalt
1. Forays into the Wilderness: Conan Doyle as Amateur Photographer
2. Sherlock Holmes: The Detective as Camera
Digression: The Sherlock Holmes Exhibit, 1951
3. Photographs from the Heart of Darkness: The Congo Atrocities
4. A Fairytale of Science: The Lost World
Digression: Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Houdini
5. Photos from the Shadowy Realm: Photography and Spiritualism
6. Fairies and Gnomes: A Photographic Re-enchantment of the World
Epilogue: Strategic Realism
NotesList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIndex of Names
2. Sherlock Holmes: The Detective as Camera
Digression: The Sherlock Holmes Exhibit, 1951
3. Photographs from the Heart of Darkness: The Congo Atrocities
4. A Fairytale of Science: The Lost World
Digression: Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Houdini
5. Photos from the Shadowy Realm: Photography and Spiritualism
6. Fairies and Gnomes: A Photographic Re-enchantment of the World
Epilogue: Strategic Realism
NotesList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIndex of Names