Sounding Bodies - Acoustical Science and Musical Erotics in Victorian Literature

Shows how nineteenth-century discoveries in acoustical science shaped Victorian literary representations of gender, sexuality, and intimacy.

About the author

Shannon Draucker is Associate Professor of English at Siena College.

Product details

• Authors: Shannon Draucker
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.01.2025
• EAN: 9781438498409
• ISBN: 978-1-4384-9840-9
• No. of pages: 294
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Series: SUNY Press Open Access; SUNY series, Studies in the Long Nineteenth Century
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Music, History: specific events & topics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, MUSIC / History & Criticism, SCIENCE / Acoustics & Sound, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, Ireland, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, History of Music, Literature: history & criticism, Gender studies, gender groups, Music reviews & criticism, Wave mechanics (vibration & acoustics), Music reviews and criticism, Literature: history and criticism, Wave mechanics (vibration and acoustics)