| Romanticism and Music Culture in Britain, 1770-1840: Virtue and Virtuosity. Gillen D'Arcy Wood Contributor(s): Wood, Gillen D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1107411785 ISBN-13: 9781107411784 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $39.89 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 780 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Romanticism |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 6" W x 9" (0.93 lbs) 314 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Music was central to everyday life and expression in late Georgian Britain, and this is the first interdisciplinary study of its impact on Romantic literature. Focusing on the public fascination with virtuoso performance, Gillen D'Arcy Wood documents a struggle between sober 'literary' virtue and luxurious, effeminate virtuosity that staged deep anxieties over class, cosmopolitanism, machine technology, and the professionalization of culture. A remarkable synthesis of cultural history and literary criticism, this book opens new perspectives on key Romantic authors - including Burney, Wordsworth, Austen and Byron - and their relationship to definitive debates in late Georgian culture. |
