Dickens and Soundscape: The Old Curiosity Shop
Although critics have devoted considerable attention to the visual dimension of Dickens’s novels, relatively little work has been done on Dickens and sound. This essay takes a sound studies approach to reading The Old Curiosity Shop, arguing that Dickens possessed a powerful auditory imagination tha...
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| הוצא לאור ב: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/erea, |
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| פורמט: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| שפה: | Anglais |
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E-rea
2016
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| גישה מקוונת: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| סיכום: | Although critics have devoted considerable attention to the visual dimension of Dickens’s novels, relatively little work has been done on Dickens and sound. This essay takes a sound studies approach to reading The Old Curiosity Shop, arguing that Dickens possessed a powerful auditory imagination that is on full display in this text. The essay gives a brief history of the term “soundscape,” surveys the current state of research on Dickens and sound, proposes a simple taxonomy of Dickensian sound effects, and analyzes various uses to which sound is put in this “noisy” novel. |
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