Pictures of Poverty The Works of George R. Sims and Their Screen Adaptations.

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jakobs, Lydia
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2021.
Temas:
1800-1899
Poor in motion pictures.
Poverty in literature.
Pauvres au cinéma.
Pauvreté dans la littérature.
Poor in motion pictures
Poverty in literature
Social conditions
Great Britain > Social conditions > 19th century.
Grande-Bretagne > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle.
Great Britain
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Historical Perspectives
  • 1.1. George R. Sims
  • Eminent Victorian?
  • 1.2. Key Concepts in Victorian Culture
  • New Media and Poverty
  • Work and Poverty
  • London and Poverty
  • Radical Politics and the Working Class
  • Death and Poverty
  • 1.3. The New Poor Law, Poor Relief and Private Charity
  • The Deterrent Workhouse
  • Chapter 2. Modes of Depicting Poverty
  • 2.1. From the Picturesque to the Authentic
  • 2.2. Henry Mayhew
  • London Labour and the London Poor and Authenticity
  • 2.3. Gustave Doré and Blanchard Jerrold
  • London. A Pilgrimage and the Picturesque
  • 2.4. John Thomson and Adolphe Smith -Street Life in London and Photography
  • Chapter 3. The Popular Poverty Works of George R. Sims and Their Adaptations
  • 3.1. George R. Sims
  • Creating a Media Personality
  • 3.2. "The last word on realism"
  • The Lights o' London (1881)
  • 3.3. The Bigger Picture
  • The Historical Art of Projection and the Magic Lantern
  • Life Model Slides, Photography and Melodrama
  • Copyright Legislation and Life Model Slides
  • 3.4. To the Silver Screen
  • Film Adaptations
  • Chapter 4. Newspapers As Sources
  • Towards A Digital Source Criticism
  • 4.1. The Historical Art of Projection and Digitized Sources
  • 4.2. Victorian Newspapers and Digitization
  • Chapter 5. Case Studies
  • 5.1 Into Poor Homes
  • How the Poor Live (1883)
  • Publication History
  • Scholarly Responses
  • Authenticating Strategies
  • Modes of Reception
  • Lantern Slide Series
  • 5.2. Angry Old Man
  • In the Workhouse. Christmas Day (1877)
  • The Workhouse in Works of George R. Sims
  • The Workhouse in Journalism and Literature
  • Lantern Slide Series IN THE WORKHOUSE (Bamforth, 1890)
  • CHRISTMASDAY IN THE WORKHOUSE (George Berthold Samuelson, 1914)
  • Adaptation and Recitation
  • Recitation, Elocution and Authenticity
  • 5.3. Death as Salvation
  • The Road to Heaven (1882)
  • The Road to Heaven, The Dagonet Ballads and Authenticity
  • Alternative Reading by Robert Craven
  • Adaptations by Bamforth: Poor Children Between the Picturesque and the Authentic
  • Adaptation by York & Son
  • Reception Contexts and Other Adaptations
  • Perspectives
  • Appendices
  • Appendix A: Dates of First Publication for Selected Works by George R. Sims
  • Appendix B: Magic Lantern Adaptations of Works by George R. Sims
  • Appendix C: Film Adaptations of Works by George R. Sims
  • Appendix D: Transcript of Letter Sent to George R. Sims by Frederick Barnard
  • Bibliography
  • Primary Sources
  • Government Publications
  • Contemporaneous Articles on Sims
  • Reports on Bamforth
  • Catalogues
  • Secondary Sources
  • Websites
  • Collections in Archives, Libraries
  • Audio-Visual Material
  • Newspapers

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