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2018 | 58(1) Filologia | 31-43

Article title

Two Tales Of One City: Neo-Victorian London In Alan Moore’s From Hell And Peter Ackroyd’s Dan Leno And The Limehouse Golem

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Dwie opowieści o jednym mieście: neowiktoriański Londyn w powieściach pt. Prosto z piekła Alana Moore’a oraz Golem z Limehouse Petera Ackroyda

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Abstracts

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Artykuł zawiera analizę dwóch wizji neowiktoriańskiego Londynu: Petera Ackroyda w powieści pt. Golem z Limehouse oraz Alana Moora i Eddiego Campbella w powieści graficznej pt. Prosto z piekła. Szczególną uwagę poświęcono sposobom przedstawienia angielskiej stolicy i jej najbardziej charakterystycznych elementów. Ponadto, artykuł traktuje o uosobieniu miasta bądź jego traktowaniu jako siły napędowej ludzkich czynów, a także subiektywizacji miasta i traktowaniu go jako tekstu. Zwrócono również uwagę na superpozycję późnego wieku XIX z późnym wiekiem XX, tj. czasu akcji obu tekstów i czasu, w którym powstały, co stanowi punkt wyjścia do refleksji nad ich znaczeniem w drugiej dekadzie XXI wieku.
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The article presents an analysis of two neo-Victorian Londons: that of Peter Ackroyd in the novel Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem and that of Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell in the graphic novel From Hell. Particular attention has been given to the representation of the city in terms of the most characteristic elements of London and its mode of portrayal in each work. The article also presents how the British capital is personified or at least treated as a driving force behind human actions, as well as the subjectification of the city and its functioning as a text. Finally, the article focuses on the superposition of the late 19th and late 20th centuries, i.e. the times of action and writing of both works, and how relevant these texts are at the present time.

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31-43

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  • Akademia Finansów i Biznesu Vistula w Warszawie

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Publication order reference

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