The powers of sound and song in early modern Paris /
An interpretation of early modern Paris demonstrating that sound was as important as vision during the reign of Louis XIV. Discloses myriad ways in which sound generated an interpenetration of elite and popular culture, revealing complex acoustic dimensions of class, politics, sexuality and punishme...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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University Park :
Pennsylvania State University Press,
[2019]
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| Series: | Perspectives on snesory history.
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| Summary: | An interpretation of early modern Paris demonstrating that sound was as important as vision during the reign of Louis XIV. Discloses myriad ways in which sound generated an interpenetration of elite and popular culture, revealing complex acoustic dimensions of class, politics, sexuality and punishment. |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 203 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780271084718 0271084715 |