03685nam 2200745Ia 450 991078271630332120230617010240.00-8214-4139-6(CKB)1000000000713595(EBL)1743695(OCoLC)70749986(SSID)ssj0000432115(PQKBManifestationID)11267575(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000432115(PQKBWorkID)10493541(PQKB)11106755(MiAaPQ)EBC1743695(MdBmJHUP)muse9425(Au-PeEL)EBL1743695(CaPaEBR)ebr10091949(EXLCZ)99100000000071359520040413d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMusic hall & modernity[electronic resource] the late-Victorian discovery of popular culture /Barry J. FaulkAthens Ohio University Pressc20041 online resource (257 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8214-2095-X 0-8214-1585-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-236) and index.Introduction : the popular not the public -- Music hall : the middle class makes a subculture -- Camp expertise : Arthur Symons, music hall, and the defense of theory -- Spies and experts : Laura Ormiston Chant among late-Victorian professionals -- Tales of the culture industry : professional women, mimic men, and Victorian music hall -- "Spectacular" bodies : tableaux vivants at the Palace Theatre -- Conclusion : Cyrene at the Alhambra.The late-Victorian discovery of the music hall by English intellectuals marks a crucial moment in the history of popular culture. Music Hall and Modernity demonstrates how such pioneering cultural critics as Arthur Symons and Elizabeth Robins Pennell used the music hall to secure and promote their professional identity as guardians of taste and national welfare. These social arbiters were, at the same time, devotees of the spontaneous culture of "the people." In examining fiction from Walter Besant, Hall Caine, and Henry Nevinson, performance criticism from William ArcheMusic hall and modernityEnglish literature19th centuryHistory and criticismMusic-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) in literatureMusic-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.)EnglandLondonHistory19th centuryEnglish literatureEnglandLondonHistory and criticismPerforming artsEnglandLondonHistory19th centuryPopular cultureEnglandLondonHistory19th centuryPerforming arts in literaturePopular culture in literatureLondon (England)Intellectual life19th centuryLondon (England)In literatureEnglish literatureHistory and criticism.Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) in literature.Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.)HistoryEnglish literatureHistory and criticism.Performing artsHistoryPopular cultureHistoryPerforming arts in literature.Popular culture in literature.820.9/357820.9357 FAUFaulk Barry J849445MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782716303321Music hall & modernity3703352UNINA