Voice in motion : staging gender, shaping sound in early modern England / Gina Bloom.

  • Bloom, Gina
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[2007]
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"Voice in Motion explores the human voice as a literary, historical, and performative motif in early modern English drama and culture, where the voice was frequently represented as struggling, even failing, to work. "--From synopisis.

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Philadelphia, PA : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2007]

Physical description

277 pages : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm.

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Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-265) and index.

Contents

Introduction: From Excitable Speech to Voice in Motion 1 -- 1 Squeaky Voices: Marston, Mulcaster, and the Boy Actor 21 -- 2 Words Made of Breath: Shakespeare, Bacon, and Particulate Matter 66 -- 3 Fortress of the Ear: Shakespeare's Late Plays, Protestant Sermons, and Audience 111 -- 4 Echoic Sound: Sandys's Englished Ovid and Feminist Criticism 160 -- Epilogue: Performing the Voice of Queen Elizabeth 187.

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    History of Medicine
    TW.AI
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  • 0812240065
  • 9780812240061