The Musical Crowd in English Fiction, 1840-1910 Class, Culture and Nation
Description
This book provides insight into how musical performances contributed to emerging ideas about class and national identity. Offering a fresh reading of bestselling fictional works, drawing upon crowd theory, climate theory, ethnology, science, music reviews and books by musicians to demonstrate how these discourses were mutually constitutive.
Keywords
Literary CriticismSemiotics & TheorySocial ScienceEuropeanEnglish, Irish, Scottish, WelshModern19th CenturyFictionMusicLanguage Arts & DisciplinesLinguisticsHistorical & ComparativeAnthropologyCultural & Social
2006Book
Author(s)PHYLLIS WELIVER
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9781403999948
LanguageEnglish
