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Women Musicians in Victorian Fiction, 1860-1900 Representations of Music, Science and Gender in the Leisured Home
By Phyllis Weliver
Copyright 2000
352 Pages
by
Routledge
352 Pages
by
Routledge
352 Pages
by
Routledge
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Over the first half of the nineteenth century, writers like Austen and Brontë confined their critiques to satirical portrayals of women musicians. Later, however, a marked shift occurred with the introduction of musical female characters where were positively to be feared.
First published in 2000, this book examines the reasons for this shift in representations of female musicians in Victorian... Read more
Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; Introduction; 1. Musical Women in England, 1860-1900 2. Harmony and Discord in the Self: Music, Mesmerism and Mental Science 3. Female Power in Sensation Fiction 4. Dissonance and Fugue in The Mystery of Edwin Drood 5. George Eliot: Melody, Evolution and Aesthetics 6. Recapitulation and Natural Selection in The Mill on the Floss 7. Sexual Selection and Music: Middlemarch and Daniel Deronda; Conclusion: Trilby; Appendix A: Source Readings; Appendix B: Glossary of Musical Terms; Bibliography; Index
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Phyllis Weliver
