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We are Wanderers: An Exploration of the 1872 Edition of London: A Pilgrimage601 views
Author
Rowlenson, Anne, English - Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Virginia
Advisors
Vander Meulen, David, Department of English, University of Virginia
Abstract
London: a Pilgrimage by Blanchard Jerrold and Gustave Dore is a book about looking. By positioning the reader alongside the narrator as a kind of observer, flâneur, and “wanderer”, the book creates an environment in which reader derives pleasure from the act of gazing. Lavishly illustrated and advertised as a sumptuous gift for the holiday season, even the physical form of the 1872 edition demands a kind of pleasurable looking. This thesis will explore how the book both as a text and as a physical artifact enables a scopophilic view of the city of London and its inhabitants, ultimately moving towards a more modernist conception of urbanity.
Degree
MA (Master of Arts)
Keywords
travel; nineteenth century; victorian; London
Language
English
Rights
All rights reserved (no additional license for public reuse)
Rowlenson, Anne. We are Wanderers: An Exploration of the 1872 Edition of London: A Pilgrimage. University of Virginia, English - Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, MA (Master of Arts), 2015-04-29, https://doi.org/10.18130/V35D68.
