Women and Music in the Age of Austen (Transits: Literature, Thought & Culture, 1650-1850)

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Synopsis
Women and Music in the Age of Austen highlights the central role women played in musical performance, composition, reception, and representation, and analyzes its formative and lasting effect on Georgian culture. This interdisciplinary collection of essays from musicology, literary studies, and gender studies challenges the conventional historical categories that marginalize women’s experience from Austen’s time. Contesting the distinctions between professional and amateur musicians, public and domestic sites of musical production, and performers and composers of music, the contributors reveal how women’s widespread involvement in the Georgian musical scene allowed for self-expression, artistic influence, and access to communities that transcended the boundaries of gender, class, and nationality. This volume’s breadth of focus advances our understanding of a period that witnessed a musical flourishing, much of it animated by female hands and voices. Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.
Copyright:
2024

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
272 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781684485154
Related ISBNs:
9781684485178, 9781684485161
Publisher:
Bucknell University Press
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Bucknell University Press
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction, Language Arts, Music
Grade Levels:
College Freshman
Reading Age:
18 and up
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Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Linda Zionkowski
Edited by:
Miriam F. Hart

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