Time Travelling with Jack the Ripper on Page and Screen

• Authors: Krawczyk-Zywko Lucyna
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

The article discusses time-travelling Jack the Ripper narratives, the majority being short stories and episodes of TV series. Despite their diff erent temporal foci – late-Victorian past, present, distant future – the texts revolve around four ways of depicting the mysterious murderer: as a timeless force, a killer who uses time travel to escape, a killer whose deeds are to be prevented, and, last but not least, a tool in the hands of future generations. They also indicate that creators and consumers of popular culture are not interested in discovering the Ripper’s identity as much as want to follow him through centuries.

Keywords

EN

Sherlock Holmes; crime; adaptation; film adaptation; popular culture

• Publisher: Institute of English Studies, University of Warsaw
• Journal: Anglica. An International Journal of English Studies
• Year: 2017
• Issue: 26/1
• Pages: 207-220

Contributors

author

Krawczyk-Zywko Lucyna

• University of Warsaw

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