The Acoustic World of Early Modern England: Attending to the O-Factor
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We know how a Shakespeare play sounds when performed today, but what would listeners have heard within the wooden "O" of the Globe Theater in 1599? What sounds would have filled the air in early modern England, and what would these sounds have meant to people in that largely oral culture? In this ear-opening journey into the sound-worlds of Shakespeare's contemporaries, Bruce R. Smith explores both the physical aspects of human speech (ears,...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0226763773
ISBN13:9780226763774
Release Date:April 1999
Publisher:University of Chicago Press
Length:400 Pages
Weight:1.24 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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