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Music hall & modernity : the late-Victorian discovery of popular culture / Barry J. Faulk.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Faulk, Barry J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English literature--19th century--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) in literature.
- Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.)--England--London--History--19th century.
- Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.).
- English literature--England--London--History and criticism.
- Performing arts--England--London--History--19th century.
- Performing arts.
- Popular culture--England--London--History--19th century.
- Popular culture.
- Performing arts in literature.
- Popular culture in literature.
- London (England)--Intellectual life--19th century.
- London (England).
- London (England)--In literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (257 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Music hall and modernity
- Place of Publication:
- Athens : Ohio University Press, c2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- 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
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-236) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780821441398
- 0821441396
- OCLC:
- 70749986
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