The speaking muse : literary declamation in Germany, 1750-1900
Dupree, Mary Helen (1974-)
New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2026 - Seiten
- Buch
- Englisch
- USA
Medium
Title
The speaking muse : literary declamation in Germany, 1750-1900
/ Mary Helen Dupree
Published
New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2026
Extent
Seiten
Language
Land
Comments
Includes bibliographical references and index
Content
"This book traces a forgotten culture of literary orality in the German-speaking world, from its early flourishing in the late 18th century to its popularization in the Wilhelmine era. In the wake of the "reading revolution" of the 18th century, oral reading practices actually proliferated alongside silent ones and provided new ways of accessing literature for a diverse range of audiences. Working at the intersection of literary history, performance studies, sound studies, and print history, The Speaking Muse shows that the cultures of declamation and print in the 18th- and 19th-century German-speaking world were not strictly exclusionary, but were intertwined"-- Provided by publisher