TY - BOOK ID - 80818703 TI - Music in the Georgian novel PY - 2015 SN - 9781316258019 9781107108509 9781107519411 1316355535 1316361934 1316363937 1316362930 1316358534 1316364933 1316258017 1107108500 1107519411 1316349535 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - English fiction KW - Music in literature KW - Music and literature KW - Fiction KW - History and criticism KW - Technique KW - E-books KW - Fiction writing KW - Metafiction KW - Writing, Fiction KW - Authorship KW - Literature and music KW - Literature KW - Music in literature. KW - Music and literature. KW - History and criticism. KW - Technique. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:80818703 AB - Music was an essential aspect of life in eighteenth-century Britain and plays a crucial role in the literary strategies of Georgian novels. This book is the first to investigate the literary representation of music in these works and explores the structural, dramatic and metaphorical roles of music in novels by authors ranging from Richardson to Austen. Pierre Dubois explores the meaning of 'musical scenes' by framing them within contemporary cultural issues, such as the critique of Italian opera or the theoretical shift from mimesis to the alleged autonomy and mystery of music. Focusing upon both eighteenth-century theories of music, and the way specific musical instruments were perceived in the collective imagination, Dubois suggests new interpretative perspectives for a whole range of novels of the Georgian era. This book will be of interest to a wide readership interested not only in literature, but also in music and cultural history at large. ER -