The Organist in Victorian Literature (Palgrave Studies in by Iain Quinn

By Iain Quinn

The booklet examines the notion of the organist because the such a lot influential musical determine in Victorian society throughout the writings of Thomas Hardy and Robert Browning. this can be the 1st ebook within the burgeoning zone of analysis into the connection of song and literature that examines the societal perceptions of a determine critical to civic existence in Victorian England. 

This ebook is intentionally interdisciplinary and should be of certain curiosity to literature students and scholars of Victorian reports, tradition, society, faith, gender experiences, and tune. in spite of the fact that, the character of the textual content doesn't require professional wisdom of music.

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