Kaleidophonic Modernity : : Transatlantic Sound, Technology, and Literature / / Brett Brehm.
What stories remain hidden behind one of the most significant inventions of the nineteenth century? Kaleidophonic Modernity reexamines the development of mechanical sound recording technology by charting the orbits of writers, scientists, and artists in France and the United States. Working between...
Saved in:
| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2023 English |
|---|---|
| VerfasserIn: | |
| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2023] ©2023 |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Language: | English |
| Online Access: | |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (288 p.) :; 16 color and 14 b/w illustrations |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction: Acoustic Spectra
- 1 Paleophonics: Charles Cros’s Audiovisual Worlds
- 2 Poe’s Tintamarre: Transatlantic Acoustic Horizons
- 3 Tattered Sound: Baudelaire’s Paris, Noise, and the Protophonographic
- 4 The Amazing Chorus: Whitman and the Sound of New York City
- 5 Nina’s Song: Music, Sound, and Performance in the Salon of Nina de Villard
- Conclusion: Pyrophonica and the Rhythms of Inspiration
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index