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.

Info autore

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

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Nicholas Hammond, Nicholas (Cambridge University) Hammond, Hammond Nicholas
• Editore: University Presses
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 04.01.2021
• EAN: 9780271084725
• ISBN: 978-0-271-08472-5
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 229 mm x 15 mm
• Peso: 272 g
• Illustrazioni: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Serie: Perspectives on Sensory History
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; Popular Culture, France, European History, HISTORY / Social History, HISTORY / Europe / France, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Western, French Revolution