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Women Musicians in Victorian Fiction, 1860-1900

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Women Musicians in Victorian Fiction, 1860-1900 book

Representations of Music, Science and Gender in the Leisured Home

Women Musicians in Victorian Fiction, 1860-1900

DOI link for Women Musicians in Victorian Fiction, 1860-1900

Women Musicians in Victorian Fiction, 1860-1900 book

Representations of Music, Science and Gender in the Leisured Home
ByPhyllis Weliver
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2000
eBook Published 28 July 2016
Pub. location London
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315559452
Pages 352 pages
eBook ISBN 9781315559452
SubjectsLanguage & Literature
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Weliver, P. (2000). Women Musicians in Victorian Fiction, 1860-1900. London: Routledge, https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315559452

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 fiction from 1860-1900. Focusing on changing gender roles, musical practices and the framing of both of these scientific discourses, the book explores how fictional notions of female musicians diverged from actual trends in music making.

This book will be of interest to those studying nineteenth century literature and music.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter |18 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|40 pages

Musical Women in England, 1860-1900

chapter 2|39 pages

Harmony and Discord in the Self: Music, Mesmerism and Mental Science

chapter 3|18 pages

Female Power in Sensation Fiction

chapter 4|28 pages

Dissonance and Fugue in The Mystery of Edwin Drood

chapter 5|48 pages

George Eliot: Melody, Evolution and Aesthetics

chapter 6|22 pages

Recapitulation and Natural Selection in The Mill on the Floss

chapter 7|39 pages

Sexual Selection and Music: Middlemarch and Daniel Deronda

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