Voices from beyond : physiology, sentience, and the uncanny in eighteenth-century French literature / Scott M. Sanders.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sanders, Scott M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

French literature--18th century--History and criticism.

French literature.

Voice in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 pages)

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville, Virginia : University of Virginia Press, [2022]

Summary:

"An interdisciplinary and transnational study of eighteenth-century conceptions of the human voice, this book examines the diversity of thought about vocal materiality in the period, uncovering representations of the voice that intertwine physiology with physics, music with moral philosophy, and literary description with performance"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. The Physiology of Accent: Rousseau's Gendered Timbres

2. Fever Pitch: Songs of Temperance

3. Vitalist Voices in Diderot's Early Works

4. Sound and Sensibility: Music in Le Neveu de Rameau

5. The Haunted Listener: Voices of Possession in Le Diable amoureux

Epilogue: Talking Heads

Notes

Index

Winners of the Walker Cowen Memorial Prize.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Sanders, Scott M. Voices from Beyond

ISBN:

9780813947341