Iain Sinclair, London and the Photographic

This book explores the significance of photography for Iain Sinclair's London prose. It argues that the visual medium's role extends beyond that of a literary theme to a literary principle. This interdisciplinary study uses photography theory to explore the correlation between its key concepts and Sinclair's unique brand of literature.

Autorentext

Dominika Lewandowska-Rodak holds a PhD in English Literature and teaches at the Institute of English Studies, University of Warsaw. Her main research interests include contemporary English and Scottish urban prose, as well as translation studies. She also works as a literary translator.

Klappentext

This book explores the significance of photography for Iain Sinclair s London prose. The visual medium is one of the writer s most prominent motifs, featuring extensively in his fiction and non-fiction. This study, however, proposes that its role in Sinclair s work extends beyond that of a literary theme, to an actual literary principle. In its interdisciplinary rereading of his writing, this book uses key notions of photography theory to examine the correlation between the principal ideological aspects of the visual medium and the main characteristics of Sinclair s unique brand of literature. The analysis reveals that photography may actually serve as a key to understanding the peculiar dynamics and inherent pluralities that define the writer s literary practice.

Inhalt

Photography Historically, Critically, and from the Perspective of Iain Sinclair Photographic Aspects of Sinclair's Prose Sinclair's "Photographic" Perception and Portrayal of London London in contemporary fiction and non-fiction Transdisciplinary analysis Literature and photography Literature and the visual arts