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Music hall & modernity [[electronic resource] ] : the late-Victorian discovery of popular culture / / Barry J. Faulk



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Autore: Faulk Barry J Visualizza persona
Titolo: Music hall & modernity [[electronic resource] ] : the late-Victorian discovery of popular culture / / Barry J. Faulk Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Athens, : Ohio University Press, c2004
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 p.)
Disciplina: 820.9/357
Soggetto topico: English literature - 19th century - History and criticism
Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) in literature
Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) - England - London - History - 19th century
English literature - England - London - History and criticism
Performing arts - England - London - History - 19th century
Popular culture - England - London - History - 19th century
Performing arts in literature
Popular culture in literature
Soggetto geografico: London (England) Intellectual life 19th century
London (England) In literature
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Classificazione: 820.9357 FAU
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-236) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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 Arche
Altri titoli varianti: Music hall and modernity
Titolo autorizzato: Music hall & modernity  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8214-4139-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910453968503321
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