She Played and Sang - Jane Austen and Music

Jane Austen, widely acclaimed as one of the greatest English novelists, possessed another talent that enriched her life and work - music. She played and sang draws on the newly digitised music books of the Austen family, granting us a deeper understanding of the writer's artistic prowess and the influences that shaped her literary masterpieces.

About the author

Gillian Dooley is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow in English at Flinders University. She has published and presented internationally on Jane Austen, and as a singer she has curated programmes of music from Austen's personal collection since 2007. She has appeared on Australian Broadcasting Corporation's The Book Show and The Minefield as an expert on Austen. Her most recent books are Matthew Flinders: The Man behind the Map and Listening to Iris Murdoch: Music, Sounds, and Silences (both 2022).

Summary

Jane Austen, widely acclaimed as one of the greatest English novelists, possessed another talent that enriched her life and work - music. She played and sang draws on the newly digitised music books of the Austen family, granting us a deeper understanding of the writer's artistic prowess and the influences that shaped her literary masterpieces. --

Product details

• Authors: Gillian Dooley
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2024
• EAN: 9781526170101
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-7010-1
• No. of pages: 344
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Biography: literary, MUSIC / History & Criticism, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), History of Music, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Biography: writers, 1714–1837 (Georgian period), Classical Music (C 1750 To C 1830), Classical style, FICTION / World Literature / England / 19th Century