Rhythmical Subjects: The Measures of the Modern

by Marcus

Tracing a developing fascination with rhythm's significance, its patterns, and its measures, across philosophy, psychology, science, and the whole range of arts, Rhythmical Subjects shows how and why attention to rhythm came to serve as connective tissue between fields of inquiry at a time when modern disciplines were still in the process of formation or consolidation. The concentration on 'rhythm' and its cognates largely arose, Laura Marcus demonstrates,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192883887
• ISBN13: 9780192883889
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.5" x 9.0"