The Powers of Sound and Song in Early Modern Paris

An interpretation of early modern Paris demonstrating that sound was as important as vision during the reign of Louis XIV. Discloses myriad ways in which sound generated an interpenetration of elite and popular culture, revealing complex acoustic dimensions of class, politics, sexuality, and punishment.

About the author

Nicholas Hammond is Professor of Early Modern French Literature and Culture at the University of Cambridge.

Product details

• Authors: Nicholas Hammond, Nicholas (Cambridge University) Hammond, Hammond Nicholas
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.11.2019
• EAN: 9780271084718
• ISBN: 978-0-271-08471-8
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 476 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Series: Perspectives on Sensory History; Perspectives on Sensory Histor
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Popular Culture, France, European History, HISTORY / Social History, HISTORY / Europe / France, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Western, French Revolution