Music hall & modernity
Subtitle: the late-Victorian discovery of popular culture
By: Barry J. Faulk.
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Athens
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
Subjects: 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 literature
Other titles: Music hall and modernity
Description: "The late-Victorian discovery of the music hall by English intellectuals marks a crucial moment in the history of popular culture. Music Hall and Modernity demonstrates how such pioneering cultural critics as Arthur Symons and Elizabeth Robins Pennell used the music hall to secure and promote their professional identity as guardians of taste and national welfare. At the same time, these social arbiters were devotees of the spontaneous culture of "the people."" "Music Hall and Modernity offers a complex view of the burgeoning middle-class, middle-brow, mass culture of late-Victorian London and contributes a new perspective to a growing body of scholarship on nineteenth-century urbanism."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-236) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the popular not the public; title: Music hall : the middle class makes a subculture; title: Camp expertise : Arthur Symons, music hall, and the defense of theory; title: Spies and experts : Laura Ormiston Chant among late-Victorian professionals; title: Tales of the culture industry : professional women, mimic men, and Victorian music hall; title: "Spectacular" bodies : tableaux vivants at the Palace Theatre; title: Conclusion : Cyrene at the Alhambra.