Music hall & modernity : the late-Victorian discovery of popular culture

Music hall & modernity : the late-Victorian discovery of popular culture /

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 p...

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Main Author: Faulk, Barry J.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Athens : Ohio University Press, 2004
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) in literature.
Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) > England > London > History > 19th century.
English literature > England > London > History and criticism.
Performing arts > England > London > History > 19th century.
Popular culture > England > London > History > 19th century.
Performing arts in literature.
Popular culture in literature.
London (England) > Intellectual life > 19th century.
London (England) > In literature.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of 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.

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