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Routledge Figures of the Imagination: Fiction and Song in Britain, 1790-1850

Name: Figures of the Imagination: Fiction and Song in Britain, 1790-1850
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This scholarly study examines how romance novels and vocal music intersected during Britain's transformative early nineteenth century, revealing the cultural forces that shaped domestic entertainment and intellectual life. Roger Hansford investigates the relationship between music composed for home consumption and contemporary fiction, demonstrating that both art forms were integral to each other rather than separate pursuits. The book explores how printing industry expansion fuelled growing appetites for novels and songs amongst readers and listeners whose worldviews were shifting due to changing attitudes towards religion and the occult. By analysing key intellectual currents circulating through British homes during the 1790-1850 period, this work uncovers how consumers engaged with these intertwined cultural forms, offering fresh insights into the role of imagination and narrative in nineteenth-century musical and literary culture.

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Examines the intersection of romance fiction and vocal music during Britain's 1790-1850 period of modernisation and cultural change.

Roger Hansford's study reveals how domestic music and novels were interconnected art forms rather than separate entertainments.

Explores intellectual currents circulating through early nineteenth-century British homes and their influence on consumer attitudes towards religion and the occult.

Published by Routledge as part of the Music in Nineteenth-Century Britain series, offering academic perspective on cultural history.

Analyses how the expanding printing industry served growing appetites for fiction and song amongst an evolving British society.

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Brand: Routledge
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 1472471377
Category: Books > Subjects > Arts & Photography > Music > Styles > Classical Music
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 14 March 2017
Listed Since: 02 April 2016

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