Schweighauser, Philipp. (2002) The Soundscapes of American Realist Fiction. Philologie im Netz, 19. pp. 55-78.
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Abstract
This essay explores the acoustic geographies of texts by Theodore Dreiser, Frank Norris, Stephen Crane, Rebecca Harding Davis and William Dean Howells. Drawing on the work of R. Murray Schafer and his World Soundscape Project, it analyzes the representational strategies American realist writers employ as they document and comment on the processes of industrialization and urbanization. The essay's main focus is on the politics of representing the noises of social change and conflict that constitute modernity. I am particularly interested in the varying degrees to which realist authors manage or, more often, fail to preserve something of the ineffability and recalcitrance of the noises they represent.
| Faculties and Departments: | 04 Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > Departement Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften > Fachbereich Englische Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Amerikanistik (Schweighauser) |
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| UniBasel Contributors: | Schweighauser, Philipp |
| Item Type: | Article, refereed |
| Article Subtype: | Research Article |
| Publisher: | Institut für Romanische Philologie |
| ISSN: | 1433-7177 |
| Note: | Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article |
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| Last Modified: | 06 Jun 2016 08:42 |
| Deposited On: | 22 Mar 2012 13:59 |
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