Sound, space and civility in the British world, 1700-1850. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Peter Denney, Bruce Buchan, David Ellison and Karen Crawley.
• Editors: Denney, Peter; Buchan, Bruce, 1968-; Ellison, David R; Crawley, Karen
• Contents: Introduction: listening to civility / Peter Denney, Bruce Buchan, David Ellison and Karen Crawley -- Sound, conversation and civility. John Locke on sound and conversation / Richard Yeo -- Awkward silences / John Barrell -- Sonic spaces of civility and incivility. "The bell, like a speedy messenger, runs from house to house, and ear to ear": the auditory markers of gender, politics and identity in England, 1500-1700 / Dolly Mackinnon -- The buzz of business: soundscapes of urbanisation in eighteenth-century London / Markman Ellis -- Civil noise and its discontents / David Ellison -- Sound, noise and the incivility of the crowd. The sound of the spirit: auditory enthusiasm and the attack on Methodism in the eighteenth century / Peter Denney -- Hissing the king: the politics of vocal expression in 1790s Britain / Gillian Russell -- Laughed out of court: counter-theatre and participatory justice in the trials of Wlliam Hone / Karen Crawley -- Rioting and writing voice in Dickens's Barnaby Rudge / Helen Groth -- Civil and uncivil sounds of empire. The civil noise of empire / Bruce Buchan -- The sounds of incivility: insults and abuse in early Sydney / Penny Russell -- Afterword: useful echoes / Mark M. Smith.
• Publisher Details: Abingdon, Oxon New York, NY : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 254 pages)
• Subjects: 820.9/355; English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism; English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Courtesy in literature; Sound in literature; Manners and customs in literature; LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Courtesy in literature; English literature; Manners and customs in literature; Sound in literature; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781315609942; 1315609940; 9781317052500; 1317052501; 9781317052517
• Related ISBNs: 131705251X; 9781317052494; 1317052498; 9781472466594; 1472466594
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 10, 2019).
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