Sound and Sense in British Romanticism

"This unparalleled exploration reveals how understandings of sound shifted and multiplied in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Britain. Drawing on literary studies, musicology and history, and interrogating how writers of this period thought with and through sound, this book opens up a new chapter in the history of the senses"--

List of contents

1. William Hogarth: looking and listening for a painting Lydia Goehr; 2. Collecting ballads, historicizing sounds: appropriating Scottish national music in the eighteenth century Maria Semi; 3. Realising The Enraged Musician Oskar Cox Jensen; 4. 'A strange jingle of sounds': scenes of aural recognition in early nineteenth-century English literature Josephine McDonagh; 5. The sound of news: affective rhythm, rupture, and nostalgia William Tullett; 6. The resounding fame of Fingal's Cave Jonathan Hicks; 7. Echoing sounds: what was poetry for Gilbert White? Courtney Weiss Smith; 8. Mary Somerville's sound accomplishments: scientific writing and the sonorous sublime Katherine Fry; 9. Organizing modernity: Henry Liston's euharmonic organ and natural tuning in Company India Daniel Walden; 10. Stethoscopic fantasies Melissa Dickson.

Summary

This unparalleled exploration reveals how understandings of sound shifted and multiplied in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Britain. Drawing on literary studies, musicology and history, and interrogating how writers of this period thought with and through sound, this book opens up a new chapter in the history of the senses.

Foreword

A captivating exploration of the newly reimagined world of sound and sense in Britain in the decades around 1800.

Product details

• Authors: James (King''''s College London) Raz Grande
• Assisted by: James Grande (Editor), Carmel Raz (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2023
• EAN: 9781009277846
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0927784-6
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Romanticism
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Music, History: specific events & topics, Poetry, c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, History of Music, Romanticism, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Early 19th century c 1800 to c 1850, Classic and pre-20th century poetry, C 1700 To C 1800, Later 18th century c 1750 to c 1799