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- catalog abstract ""For nineteenth-century society, music was a means by which women could display their gentility, education, their physical grace and express their 'selves'. Novelists were quick to employ this recognized way for women to project their personalities, and fictional scenes featuring women musicians served to reinforce or explore and challenge traditional views of the place of both women and music in society." "Over the first half of the century, writers like Austen and Bronte confined their critiques to satirical portrayals of women musicians. Later, however, a marked shift occurred with the introduction of musical female characters who were positively to be feared. The stark boundaries between the musical 'angel' and the musical 'demon' became increasingly blurred, making more complex the fictional depiction of gender identities and sexuality." "Phyllis Weliver examines the reasons for this shift in her investigation of representations of female musicians in Victorian fiction from 1860-1900. Focusing on changing gender roles, musical practices and the framing of both of these in scientific discourses, the book explores how fictional notions of women musicians diverged from actual trends in music making."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11606073.
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""For nineteenth-century society, music was a means by which women could display their gentility, education, their physical grace and express their 'selves'. Novelists were quick to employ this recognized way for women to project their personalities, and fictional scenes featuring women musicians served to reinforce or explore and challenge traditional views of the place of both women and music in society." "Over the first half of the century, writers like Austen and Bronte confined their critiques to satirical portrayals of women musicians. Later, however, a marked shift occurred with the introduction of musical female characters who were positively to be feared. The stark boundaries between the musical 'angel' and the musical 'demon' became increasingly blurred, making more complex the fictional depiction of gender identities and sexuality." "Phyllis Weliver examines the reasons for this shift in her investigation of representations of female musicians in Victorian fiction from 1860-1900. Focusing on changing gender roles, musical practices and the framing of both of these in scientific discourses, the book explores how fictional notions of women musicians diverged from actual trends in music making."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-312) and index.".
- catalog description "Musical women in England, 1860-1900 -- Harmony and discord in the self : music, mesmerism and mental science -- Female power in sensation fiction -- Dissonance and fugue in The mystery of Edwin Drood -- George Eliot : melody, evolution and aesthetics -- Recapitulation and natural selection in The mill on the floss -- Sexual selection and music : Middlemarch and Daniel Deronda.".
- catalog extent "x, 330 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Women musicians in Victorian fiction, 1860-1900.".
- catalog identifier "0754601269 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Women musicians in Victorian fiction, 1860-1900.".
- catalog isPartOf "Music in 19th-century Britain".
- catalog isPartOf "Music in nineteenth-century Britain.".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Aldershot, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate,".
- catalog relation "Women musicians in Victorian fiction, 1860-1900.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain".
- catalog subject "823/.809357 21".
- catalog subject "English fiction 19th century History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Home in literature.".
- catalog subject "Leisure in literature.".
- catalog subject "Music Great Britain 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Music and literature History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Music in literature.".
- catalog subject "Musical fiction History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Musicians in literature.".
- catalog subject "PR878.M87 W45 2000".
- catalog subject "Science in literature.".
- catalog subject "Women and literature Great Britain History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Women musicians in literature.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Musical women in England, 1860-1900 -- Harmony and discord in the self : music, mesmerism and mental science -- Female power in sensation fiction -- Dissonance and fugue in The mystery of Edwin Drood -- George Eliot : melody, evolution and aesthetics -- Recapitulation and natural selection in The mill on the floss -- Sexual selection and music : Middlemarch and Daniel Deronda.".
- catalog title "Women musicians in Victorian fiction, 1860-1900 : representations of music, science, and gender in the leisured home / Phyllis Weliver.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".