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The Ancient Phonograph
Shane Butler
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Description for The Ancient Phonograph
Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 b&w illus. BIC Classification: AV; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 25. Weight in Grams: 526.
A search for traces of the voice before the phonograph, reconstructing a series of ancient soundscapes from Aristotle to Augustine. Long before the invention of musical notation, and long before that of the phonograph, the written word was unrivaled as a medium of the human voice. In The Ancient Phonograph, Shane Butler searches for traces of voices before Edison, reconstructing a series of ancient soundscapes from Aristotle to Augustine. Here the real voices of tragic actors, ambitious orators, and singing emperors blend with the imagined voices of lovesick nymphs, tormented heroes, and angry gods. The resonant world ... Read more
A search for traces of the voice before the phonograph, reconstructing a series of ancient soundscapes from Aristotle to Augustine. Long before the invention of musical notation, and long before that of the phonograph, the written word was unrivaled as a medium of the human voice. In The Ancient Phonograph, Shane Butler searches for traces of voices before Edison, reconstructing a series of ancient soundscapes from Aristotle to Augustine. Here the real voices of tragic actors, ambitious orators, and singing emperors blend with the imagined voices of lovesick nymphs, tormented heroes, and angry gods. The resonant world ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Zone Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
525g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781935408727
SKU
V9781935408727
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About Shane Butler
Shane Butler is Professor of Classics at Johns Hopkins University and the author of The Matter of the Page: Essays in Search of Ancient and Medieval Authors.
Reviews for The Ancient Phonograph
The Ancient Phonograph is a resonant book. Resonant because the argument is full-throated and engulfs the reader in symphonic readings of Homer, Greek tragedy, Latin and Greek oratory, Tennyson's poetry, and Mozart's operas. Resonant also because its voice carries far, reaching and drawing from fields that are usually not in conversation with classical studies-media studies, sound studies, critical theory, and ... Read more