Music hall & modernity : the late-Victorian discovery of popular culture /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Faulk, Barry J.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Athens : Ohio University Press, [2004]
Subjects:	English literature > 19th century > History and criticism. Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) in literature. Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) > England > London > History > 19th century. English literature > England > London > History and criticism. Performing arts > England > London > History > 19th century. Popular culture > England > London > History > 19th century. London (England) > Intellectual life > 19th century. London (England) > In literature. Performing arts in literature. Popular culture in literature.

Table of Contents:

Introduction : the popular not the public
Music hall : the middle class makes a subculture
Camp expertise : Arthur Symons, music hall, and the defense of theory
Spies and experts : Laura Ormiston Chant among late-Victorian professionals
Tales of the culture industry : professional women, mimic men, and Victorian music hall
"Spectacular" bodies : tableaux vivants at the Palace Theatre
Conclusion : Cyrene at the Alhambra.