LEADER 03685nam 2200745Ia 450 001 9910782716303321 005 20230617010240.0 010 $a0-8214-4139-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000713595 035 $a(EBL)1743695 035 $a(OCoLC)70749986 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000432115 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11267575 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000432115 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10493541 035 $a(PQKB)11106755 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1743695 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse9425 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1743695 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10091949 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000713595 100 $a20040413d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMusic hall & modernity$b[electronic resource] $ethe late-Victorian discovery of popular culture /$fBarry J. Faulk 210 $aAthens $cOhio University Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (257 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8214-2095-X 311 $a0-8214-1585-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 229-236) and index. 327 $aIntroduction : 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. 330 $aThe 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 Arche 517 3 $aMusic hall and modernity 606 $aEnglish literature$y19th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aMusic-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) in literature 606 $aMusic-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.)$zEngland$zLondon$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aEnglish literature$zEngland$zLondon$xHistory and criticism 606 $aPerforming arts$zEngland$zLondon$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aPopular culture$zEngland$zLondon$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aPerforming arts in literature 606 $aPopular culture in literature 607 $aLondon (England)$xIntellectual life$y19th century 607 $aLondon (England)$xIn literature 615 0$aEnglish literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aMusic-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) in literature. 615 0$aMusic-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.)$xHistory 615 0$aEnglish literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aPerforming arts$xHistory 615 0$aPopular culture$xHistory 615 0$aPerforming arts in literature. 615 0$aPopular culture in literature. 676 $a820.9/357 686 $a820.9357 FAU 700 $aFaulk$b Barry J$0849445 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782716303321 996 $aMusic hall & modernity$93703352 997 $aUNINA