Pictures of Poverty The Works of George R. Sims and Their Screen Adaptations
From Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist to George Sims's How the Poor Live , illustrated accounts of poverty were en vogue in Victorian Britain. Poverty was also a popular subject on the screen, whether in dramatic retellings of well-known stories or in 'documentary' photographs take...
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| Abstract | From Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist to George Sims's
How the Poor Live , illustrated accounts of poverty were en
vogue in Victorian Britain. Poverty was also a popular subject on
the screen, whether in dramatic retellings of well-known stories or
in 'documentary' photographs taken in the slums. London and its
street life were the preferred setting for George Robert Sims's
rousing ballads and the numerous magic lantern slide series and
silent films based on them. Sims was a popular journalist and
dramatist, whose articles, short stories, theatre plays and ballads
discussed overcrowding, drunkenness, prostitution and child poverty
in dramatic and heroic episodes from the lives and deaths of the
poor. Richly illustrated and drawing from many previously unknown
sources, Pictures of Poverty is a comprehensive account of
the representation of poverty throughout the Victorian period,
whether disseminated in newspapers, illustrated books and lectures,
presented on the theatre stage or projected on the screen in magic
lantern and film performances. Detailed case studies reveal the
intermedial context of these popular pictures of poverty and their
mobility across genres. With versatile author George R. Sims as the
starting point, this study explores the influence of visual media
in historical discourses about poverty and the highly controversial
role of the Victorian state in poor relief. |
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| AbstractList | From Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist to George Sims's
How the Poor Live , illustrated accounts of poverty were en
vogue in Victorian Britain. Poverty was also a popular subject on
the screen, whether in dramatic retellings of well-known stories or
in 'documentary' photographs taken in the slums. London and its
street life were the preferred setting for George Robert Sims's
rousing ballads and the numerous magic lantern slide series and
silent films based on them. Sims was a popular journalist and
dramatist, whose articles, short stories, theatre plays and ballads
discussed overcrowding, drunkenness, prostitution and child poverty
in dramatic and heroic episodes from the lives and deaths of the
poor. Richly illustrated and drawing from many previously unknown
sources, Pictures of Poverty is a comprehensive account of
the representation of poverty throughout the Victorian period,
whether disseminated in newspapers, illustrated books and lectures,
presented on the theatre stage or projected on the screen in magic
lantern and film performances. Detailed case studies reveal the
intermedial context of these popular pictures of poverty and their
mobility across genres. With versatile author George R. Sims as the
starting point, this study explores the influence of visual media
in historical discourses about poverty and the highly controversial
role of the Victorian state in poor relief. From Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist to George Sims's How the Poor Live , illustrated accounts of poverty were en vogue in Victorian Britain. Poverty was also a popular subject on the screen, whether in dramatic retellings of well-known stories or in 'documentary' photographs taken in the slums. London and its street life were the preferred setting for George Robert Sims's rousing ballads and the numerous magic lantern slide series and silent films based on them. Sims was a popular journalist and dramatist, whose articles, short stories, theatre plays and ballads discussed overcrowding, drunkenness, prostitution and child poverty in dramatic and heroic episodes from the lives and deaths of the poor. Richly illustrated and drawing from many previously unknown sources, Pictures of Poverty is a comprehensive account of the representation of poverty throughout the Victorian period, whether disseminated in newspapers, illustrated books and lectures, presented on the theatre stage or projected on the screen in magic lantern and film performances. Detailed case studies reveal the intermedial context of these popular pictures of poverty and their mobility across genres. With versatile author George R. Sims as the starting point, this study explores the influence of visual media in historical discourses about poverty and the highly controversial role of the Victorian state in poor relief. |
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| Snippet | From Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist to George Sims's
How the Poor Live , illustrated accounts of poverty were en
vogue in Victorian Britain. Poverty was also a... From Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist to George Sims's How the Poor Live , illustrated accounts of poverty were en vogue in Victorian Britain. Poverty was also a... |
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| Subtitle | The Works of George R. Sims and Their Screen Adaptations |
| TableOfContents | Front Matter
Table of Contents
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1: Historical Perspectives
2: Modes of Depicting Poverty
3: The Popular Poverty Works of George R. Sims and Their Adaptations
4: Newspapers as Sources – Towards a Digital Source Criticism
5: Case Studies
Perspectives
Appendices
Bibliography Contents List of Figures Acknowledgements Chapter 1. Historical Perspectives Title Page, Copyright Cover Introduction Chapter 2. Modes of Depicting Poverty Chapter 3. The Popular Poverty Works of George R. Sims and Their Adaptations Chapter 4. Newspapers As Sources - Towards A Digital Source Criticism Chapter 5. Case Studies 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 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 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 |
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