Beschreibung:
Traditionally the scene of some of London's poorest, most crime-ridden neighborhoods, the East End of London has long been misunderstood as abject and deviant. As a landing place for migrants and newcomers, however, it has also been memorably and colorfully represented in the literature of Victorian authors such as Charles Dickens and Oscar Wilde. In Strangers in the Archive, Heidi Kaufman applies the resources of archives both material and digital to move beyond icon and stereotype to reveal a deeper understanding of East End literature and culture in the Victorian age.
Introduction: Visuality and the Archive1. Before the Archive: East End Discourse out of Context2. Archive Models3. The Noisy Archive: A.S. Lyon's East End Diaries4. An Archive of LiesConclusion: Strangers in the ArchivePostscript