Sonic Modernity: Representing Sound in Literature, Culture and the Arts

Sam Halliday

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2013

Sonic Modernity

Representing Sound in Literature, Culture and the Arts

Sam Halliday

In the series Edinburgh Critical Studies in Modernist Culture

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748632565

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Reveals the many roles and forms of sound in modernism

Drawing on a wealth of texts and thinkers, the book shows the distinctive nature of sonic cultures in modernity. Arguing that these cultures are not reducible to sound alone, the book further shows that these encompass representations of sound in 'other' media: especially literature; but also, cinema and painting.

Figures discussed include canonical writers such as Joyce, Richardson, and Woolf; relatively neglected writers such as Henry Roth and Bryher; and a whole host of musicians, artists, and other commentators, including Wagner, Schoenberg, Kandinsky, Adorno, and Benjamin. Conceptually as well as topically diverse, the book engages issues such as city noise and 'foreign' accents, representations of sound in 'silent' cinema, the relationship of music to language, and the effects of technology on sonic production and reception.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	vi
Series Editors’ Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
Introduction: The Sonic Cultures of Modernity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Theorising Sound and Hearing Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	20
2. Sound and Social Life Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	52
3. Seeing Sound Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
3. Seeing Sound Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	124
5. The Art of Listening Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 224
Keywords: Literary Studies

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Published: March 14, 2013
ISBN: 9780748632565