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Victorian Soundscapes
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Product Description
Far from the hushed restraint we associate with the Victorians, their world pulsated with sound. This book shows how, in more ways than one, Victorians were hearing things. The representations close listeners left of their soundscapes offered new meanings for silence, music, noise, voice, and echo that constitute an important part of the Victorian legacy to us today. In chronicling the shift from Romantic to modern configurations of sound and voice, Picker draws upon literary and scientific works to recapture the sense of aural discovery figures such as Babbage, Helmholtz, Freud, Bell, and Edison shared with the likes of Dickens, George Eliot, Tennyson, Stoker, and Conrad.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #455130 in Books
- Published on: 2003-10-02
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 232 pages
Editorial Reviews
International Herald Tribune
"Picker is suggestive, intelligent and insightful."
Review
Picker is suggestive, intelligent and insightful. (International Herald Tribune )
International Herald Tribune
"Picker is suggestive, intelligent and insightful."
