| Titre | Traduire le paysage absolu. À propos des cartes postales de Niagara | |
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| Auteur | François Brunet | |
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Revue | Revue française d'études américaines |
| Numéro | no 80, mars 1999 Traduire l'Amérique. | |
| Page | 23 pages | |
| Résumé anglais |
This paper aims at assessing popular images of Niagara Falls, through the analysis of a corpus of postcards sent from 1900 on. It begins with an overview of classic descriptions of the site, which registered early on the dilemma of the sublime-seeker in the midst of popular culture. Then, an examination of the postcards shows how publishers have sought both to maintain a body of standard «views » and to compensate for banalization by renewing the « effects ». Finally, it is shown that the written messages, though highly coded, tend to reconstitute and to communicate the awe of Niagara as a private experience. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | https://www.persee.fr/doc/rfea_0397-7870_1999_num_80_1_1766 |
