Format:
Online-Ressource (217 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9780748627615
Series Statement:
Edinburgh Critical Studies in Modernist Culture
Content:
Drawing on a wealth of texts and thinkers, the book shows the distinctive nature of sonic cultures in modernity. Arguing that these cultures are not reducible to sound alone, the book further shows that these encompass representations of sound in 'other' media: especially literature; but also, cinema and painting. Figures discussed include canonical writers such as Joyce, Richardson, and Woolf; relatively neglected writers such as Henry Roth and Bryher; and a whole host of musicians, artists, and other commentators, including Wagner, Schoenberg, Kandinsky, Adorno, and Benjamin. Conceptually as
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; Copyright; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; SERIES EDITORS' PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION: THE SONIC CULTURES OF MODERNITY; Chapter 1 THEORISING SOUND AND HEARING; Chapter 2 SOUND AND SOCIAL LIFE; Chapter 3 SEEING SOUND; Chapter 4 MODERNISING MUSIC; Chapter 5 THE ART OF LISTENING; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780748632565
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Sonic Modernity Representing Sound in Literature, Culture and the Arts
Language:
English
Keywords:
Literatur
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Kunst
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Film
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Moderne
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Klang
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Musikwahrnehmung
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Geschichte 1900-1950
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