Kaleidophonic modernity : Transatlantic sound, technology, and literature /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Brehm, Brett (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2023.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Cros, Charles, > 1842-1888
Callias, Nina de, > 1843-1884
Sound recordings and the arts.
Literature and technology.
Enregistrements sonores et arts.
Littérature et technologie.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Comparative Literature
Literature and technology
Sound recordings and the arts
Literature: history & criticism.
Literature.
Electronic books.
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

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