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      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      24 August 2023
      07 September 2023
      ISBN:
      9781009277839
      9781009277846
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      0.58kg, 302 Pages
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    A radical re-imagining of the relationship between sound and sense took place in Britain in the decades around 1800. This new approach reconfigured sound as central to understandings of space and temporality, from the diurnal rhythms of everyday life in the modern city to the 'deep time' of the natural world. At the same time, sound emerged as a frequently disruptive phenomenon, a philosophical and political problem, and a force with the power to overwhelm listeners. This is the first book devoted to the topic and brings together scholars from literary studies, musicology, history and philosophy through the interdisciplinary frameworks of sound studies and the history of the senses. The chapters pursue a wide range of subjects, from 'national airs' to the London stage, and from experiments in sound to new musical and scientific instruments. Collectively, they demonstrate how a focus on sound can enrich our understanding of Romantic-era culture. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

    Awards

    Winner, 2025 Diana McVeagh Prize for Best Book on British Music, North American British Music Studies Association

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    Contents

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    • Sound and Sense in British Romanticism
      pp i-i
    • Cambridge Studies in Romanticism - Series page
      pp ii-ii
    • Sound and Sense in British Romanticism - Title page
      pp iii-iii
    • Copyright page
      pp iv-iv
    • Contents
      pp v-vi
    • Illustrations
      pp vii-viii
    • Music Examples
      pp ix-ix
    • Contributors
      pp x-xii
    • Acknowledgements
      pp xiii-xiv
    • Introduction
      pp 1-16
    • Chapter 1 - William Hogarth
      pp 17-38
    • Looking and Listening for a Painting
    • Chapter 3 - Realising The Enraged Musician
      pp 60-89
    • Chapter 5 - The Sound of News
      pp 115-135
    • Affective Rhythm, Rupture, and Nostalgia
    • Chapter 6 - The Resounding Fame of Fingal’s Cave
      pp 136-153
    • Chapter 7 - Echoing Sounds
      pp 154-182
    • What Was Poetry for Gilbert White?
    • Chapter 8 - Mary Somerville’s Sound Accomplishments
      pp 183-200
    • Chapter 10 - Stethoscopic Fantasies
      pp 224-244
    • Bibliography
      pp 245-271
    • Index
      pp 272-277
    • Cambridge Studies in Romanticism - Series page
      pp 278-286

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