Sound and Sense in British Romanticism
£85.00
Part of Cambridge Studies in Romanticism
- Editors:
- James Grande, King's College London
- Carmel Raz, Max-Planck-Institut für Empirische Ästhetik
- Date Published: September 2023
- availability: Available
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781009277846
£
85.00
Hardback
Other available formats:
eBook
Looking for an inspection copy?
This title is not currently available on inspection
-
A radical re-imagining of the relationship between sound and sense took place in Britain in the decades around 1800. This new approach reconfigured sound as central to understandings of space and temporality, from the diurnal rhythms of everyday life in the modern city to the 'deep time' of the natural world. At the same time, sound emerged as a frequently disruptive phenomenon, a philosophical and political problem, and a force with the power to overwhelm listeners. This is the first book devoted to the topic and brings together scholars from literary studies, musicology, history and philosophy through the interdisciplinary frameworks of sound studies and the history of the senses. The chapters pursue a wide range of subjects, from 'national airs' to the London stage, and from experiments in sound to new musical and scientific instruments. Collectively, they demonstrate how a focus on sound can enrich our understanding of Romantic-era culture. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Read more- Takes a broad multi-disciplinary approach to the subject, featuring contributions from scholars in literary studies, musicology, history and philosophy
- Incorporates focused case studies on a range of sonic subjects, modelling the many and varied techniques of close analysis that we can bring to the study of the sonic past
- Includes a co-authored introduction by the editors of the volume that both argues for the distinctive meanings of sound and sense in British Romanticism and provides a useful introduction to the subject for readers from a range of disciplinary backgrounds
- This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core
Customer reviews
Not yet reviewed
Be the first to review
Review was not posted due to profanity
×Product details
- Date Published: September 2023
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781009277846
- length: 288 pages
- dimensions: 235 x 158 x 22 mm
- weight: 0.58kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. William Hogarth: looking and listening for a painting Lydia Goehr
2. Collecting ballads, historicizing sounds: appropriating Scottish national music in the eighteenth century Maria Semi
3. Realising The Enraged Musician Oskar Cox Jensen
4. 'A strange jingle of sounds': scenes of aural recognition in early nineteenth-century English literature Josephine McDonagh
5. The sound of news: affective rhythm, rupture, and nostalgia William Tullett
6. The resounding fame of Fingal's Cave Jonathan Hicks
7. Echoing sounds: what was poetry for Gilbert White? Courtney Weiss Smith
8. Mary Somerville's sound accomplishments: scientific writing and the sonorous sublime Katherine Fry
9. Organizing modernity: Henry Liston's euharmonic organ and natural tuning in Company India Daniel Walden
10. Stethoscopic fantasies Melissa Dickson.
Related Books
Sorry, this resource is locked
Please register or sign in to request access. If you are having problems accessing these resources please email [email protected]
Register Sign in» Proceed
You are now leaving the Cambridge University Press website. Your eBook purchase and download will be completed by our partner www.ebooks.com. Please see the permission section of the www.ebooks.com catalogue page for details of the print & copy limits on our eBooks.
Continue ×Are you sure you want to delete your account?
This cannot be undone.
Thank you for your feedback which will help us improve our service.
If you requested a response, we will make sure to get back to you shortly.
×