Romanticism and Music Culture in Britain, 1770-1840: Virtue and Virtuosity. Gillen D'Arcy Wood

by Gillen D'Arcy Wood

Book Overview

Music was central to everyday life and expression in late Georgian Britain, and this interdisciplinary study looks at its impact on Romantic literature. Focusing on the public fascination with virtuoso performance, Gillen D'Arcy Wood documents a struggle between sober 'literary' virtue and luxurious, effeminate virtuosity that staged deep anxieties over class, cosmopolitanism, machine technology, and the professionalization of culture. A remarkable...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107411785
• ISBN13: 9781107411784
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"