The Musical Crowd in English Fiction, 1840-1910: Class, Culture and Nation

by Phyllis Weliver

This book provides insight into how musical performances contributed to emerging ideas about class and national identity. Offering a fresh reading of bestselling fictional works, drawing upon crowd theory, climate theory, ethnology, science, music reviews and books by musicians to demonstrate how these discourses were mutually constitutive.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403999945
• ISBN13: 9781403999948
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 245 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.7"