Lavoisier S.A.S.
14 rue de Provigny
94236 Cachan cedex
FRANCE

Heures d'ouverture 08h30-12h30/13h30-17h30
Tél.: +33 (0)1 47 40 67 00
Fax: +33 (0)1 47 40 67 02


Url canonique : www.lavoisier.fr/livre/autre/sound-and-modernity-in-the-literature-of-london-1880-1918/descriptif_4133596
Url courte ou permalien : www.lavoisier.fr/livre/notice.asp?ouvrage=4133596

0 article 

 Frais de port 0,01€*

Exclusivité web : à partir de 35 euros d’achat, frais de port à 1 centime pour les expéditions vers la France métropolitaine, la Suisse et l’UE avec Colissimo ou GLS

Sound and Modernity in the Literature of London, 1880-1918, 1st ed. 2017

Langue : Anglais

Auteur :

Couverture de l’ouvrage Sound and Modernity in the Literature of London, 1880-1918
This book explores the literary representation of late Victorian and early Edwardian London from an auditory perspective, arguing that readers should ?listen? to impressions of the city, as described by writers such as Conrad, Doyle, Ford and Gissing. It was in this period that London began to ?sound modern? and, through a closer hearing of its literature, writers? wider responses to modernity are revealed.

The book is structured into familiar modernist themes, revisiting time and space, social progress and popular culture through an exploration of the sound impressions of some key works.  Each chapter is contextualized by these themes, revealing how the sound of the news, social protest, music hall and suburbanization impacted on writers? literary imaginations.

Suitable for students of modernist literature and specialists in sound studies, this book will also appeal to readers with a wider interest in London?s history and popular culture between 1880-1918.
Acknowledgements.- Introduction.- 1. Sound and Time: Waiting for the sound: noise, time, and the news.- 2. Sound and Social Progress: Speakers, listeners, and the power of the platform.- 3. Sound and Popular Culture: 'Can't it be stopped?': London and the popular tone.- 4. Sound and Space: Silence, the suburbs, and life 'beyond the City'.- Conclusion.- Works Cited.-

Patricia Pye is Senior Lecturer at Bucks New University, UK.

Draws together work from Conrad, Doyle, Ford and Gissing to explore late Victorian and early Edwardian London soundscapes in literature

Considers the relationship between sound and modernity

Highlights common literary responses to an urban soundscape that has changed over time

Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Date de parution :

Ouvrage de 179 p.

14.8x21 cm

Disponible chez l'éditeur (délai d'approvisionnement : 15 jours).

Prix indicatif 89,66 €

Ajouter au panier