Kaleidophonic modernity : Transatlantic sound, technology, and literature /
What stories remain hidden behind one of the most significant inventions of the nineteenth century? Kaleidophonic Modernity reexamines the development of mechanical sound recording technology by charting the orbits of writers, scientists, and artists in France and the United States. Working between...
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
Fordham University Press,
2023.
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Edition: | First edition. |
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction: Acoustic Spectra
- 1 Paleophonics: Charles Cros's Audiovisual Worlds
- 2 Poe's Tintamarre: Transatlantic Acoustic Horizons
- 3 Tattered Sound: Baudelaire's Paris, Noise, and the Protophonographic
- 4 The Amazing Chorus: Whitman and the Sound of New York City
- 5 Nina's Song: Music, Sound, and Performance in the Salon of Nina de Villard
- Conclusion: Pyrophonica and the Rhythms of Inspiration
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index