Overview
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
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Table of contents (4 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Sound and Time
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Sound and Social Progress
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Sound and Popular Culture
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Sound and Space
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About this book
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.
Reviews
“The book will be of interest to all those working in the literature and ideological politics of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. … Sound and Modernity in the Literature of London, 1880–1918 is a very successful book, one from which I have learnt a lot, and one which I have thoroughly enjoyed reading.” (Christo Hadjiyiannes, English Literature in Transition 1880-1920, Vol. 62 (3), 2019)
“Philosophy and Oscar Wilde provides a fine opportunity to consider the extent to which his work reveals a productive interchange between the two fields. … Philosophy and Oscar Wilde is thought-provoking throughout. … the volume adds detail and depth to an understanding of Wilde’s relationship to philosophy.” (Timothy l. Carnes, English Literature in Transition 1880-1920, Vol. 62 (3), 2019)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Patricia Pye is Senior Lecturer at Bucks New University, UK.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sound and Modernity in the Literature of London, 1880-1918
Authors: Patricia Pye
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-54017-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-54016-4Published: 24 October 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-54017-1Published: 13 October 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXI, 179
Topics: Nineteenth-Century Literature, Twentieth-Century Literature, British and Irish Literature