Sound and modernity in the literature of London, 1880-1918

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Label

Sound and modernity in the literature of London, 1880-1918

Statement of responsibility

Patricia Pye

Creator

• Pye, Patricia

Author

• Pye, Patricia

Subject

• English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
• London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
• Sound in literature
• Speech in literature
• Voice in literature
• City noise
• English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism

Language

eng

Summary

This book explores the literary representation of late Victorian and early Edwardian London from an auditory perspective, arguing that readers should ‘listen’ to impressions of the city, as described by writers such as Conrad, Doyle, Ford and Gissing. It was in this period that London began to ‘sound modern’ and, through a closer hearing of its literature, writers’ wider responses to modernity are revealed.The book is structured into familiar modernist themes, revisiting time and space, social progress and popular culture through an exploration of the sound impressions of some key works.  Each chapter is contextualized by these themes, revealing how the sound of the news, social protest, music hall and suburbanization impacted on writers’ literary imaginations.Suitable for students of modernist literature and specialists in sound studies, this book will also appeal to readers with a wider interest in London’s history and popular culture between 1880-1918

Member of

• Online access with purchase: Springer

Cataloging source

YDX

Dewey number

820.9/356

Index

index present

LC call number

PR468.S68

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography