Music hall & modernity [electronic resource] : the late-Victorian discovery of popular culture / Barry J. Faulk.

By: Faulk, Barry JContributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Athens : Ohio University Press, c2004Description: xii, 244 p. : illOther title: Music hall and modernitySubject(s): English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism | Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) in literature | Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century | English literature -- England -- London -- History and criticism | Performing arts -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century | Popular culture -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century | Performing arts in literature | Popular culture in literature | London (England) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century | London (England) -- In literatureGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 820.9/357 LOC classification: PR468.M86 | F38 2004Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Introduction : the popular not the public -- Music hall : the middle class makes a subculture -- Camp expertise : Arthur Symons, music hall, and the defense of theory -- Spies and experts : Laura Ormiston Chant among late-Victorian professionals -- Tales of the culture industry : professional women, mimic men, and Victorian music hall -- "Spectacular" bodies : tableaux vivants at the Palace Theatre -- Conclusion : Cyrene at the Alhambra.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
No physical items for this record

Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-236) and index.

Introduction : the popular not the public -- Music hall : the middle class makes a subculture -- Camp expertise : Arthur Symons, music hall, and the defense of theory -- Spies and experts : Laura Ormiston Chant among late-Victorian professionals -- Tales of the culture industry : professional women, mimic men, and Victorian music hall -- "Spectacular" bodies : tableaux vivants at the Palace Theatre -- Conclusion : Cyrene at the Alhambra.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.