Female Performers in British and American Fiction /
Straumann, Barbara
Female Performers in British and American Fiction / Barbara Straumann. - 1 online resource (VIII, 305 p.) - Buchreihe der Anglia / Anglia Book Series , 58 0340-5435 ; .
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Corinne and Her Aftereffects on the British Stage -- 3. Visionary Preaching in Britain and America -- 4. American Political Speakers -- 5. Acting Anxieties -- 6. Fin-de-Siècle Ventriloquism and Modernist Self-Authorship -- 7. Conclusion -- Illustration Credits -- Bibliography -- Index
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The female performer with a public voice constitutes a remarkably vibrant theme in British and American narratives of the long nineteenth century. The tension between fictional female performers and other textual voices can be seen to refigure the cultural debate over the ‘voice’ of women in aesthetically complex ways. By focusing on singers, actresses, preachers and speakers, this book traces and explores an important tradition of feminine articulation.Drawing on critical approaches in literary studies, gender studies and philosophy, the book conceptualizes voice for the discussion of narrative texts. Examining voice both as a thematic concern and as an aesthetic effect, the individual chapters analyse how the actual articulation by female performers correlates with their cultural visibility and agency. What this study foregrounds is how women characters succeed in making themselves heard even if their voices are silenced in the end.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9783110558425 9783110558661 9783110561043
10.1515/9783110561043 doi
2018941732
American fiction--Women authors--History and criticism.
American fiction--History and criticism.--19th century
English fiction--Women authors--History and criticism.
English fiction--History and criticism.--19th century
Women and literature--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Women and literature--History--United States--19th century.
Women entertainers--Great Britain.
Women entertainers--United States.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Voice. gender. long nineteenth century. narrative fiction.
PN56.5.W64 / S76 2018
820.8008
Female Performers in British and American Fiction / Barbara Straumann. - 1 online resource (VIII, 305 p.) - Buchreihe der Anglia / Anglia Book Series , 58 0340-5435 ; .
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Corinne and Her Aftereffects on the British Stage -- 3. Visionary Preaching in Britain and America -- 4. American Political Speakers -- 5. Acting Anxieties -- 6. Fin-de-Siècle Ventriloquism and Modernist Self-Authorship -- 7. Conclusion -- Illustration Credits -- Bibliography -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
The female performer with a public voice constitutes a remarkably vibrant theme in British and American narratives of the long nineteenth century. The tension between fictional female performers and other textual voices can be seen to refigure the cultural debate over the ‘voice’ of women in aesthetically complex ways. By focusing on singers, actresses, preachers and speakers, this book traces and explores an important tradition of feminine articulation.Drawing on critical approaches in literary studies, gender studies and philosophy, the book conceptualizes voice for the discussion of narrative texts. Examining voice both as a thematic concern and as an aesthetic effect, the individual chapters analyse how the actual articulation by female performers correlates with their cultural visibility and agency. What this study foregrounds is how women characters succeed in making themselves heard even if their voices are silenced in the end.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9783110558425 9783110558661 9783110561043
10.1515/9783110561043 doi
2018941732
American fiction--Women authors--History and criticism.
American fiction--History and criticism.--19th century
English fiction--Women authors--History and criticism.
English fiction--History and criticism.--19th century
Women and literature--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Women and literature--History--United States--19th century.
Women entertainers--Great Britain.
Women entertainers--United States.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Voice. gender. long nineteenth century. narrative fiction.
PN56.5.W64 / S76 2018
820.8008