Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History: The Ghosts of the Franklin Expedition

Davis-Fisch, Heather

In 1845, John Franklin's Northwest Passage expedition disappeared. The expedition left an archive of performative remains that entice one to consider the tension between material remains and memory and reflect on how substitution and surrogation work alongside mourning and melancholia as responses to loss.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2012-08-16

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349342907

DOI: 10.1057/9781137065995

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 234