{"product_id":"the-speaking-muse-literary-declamation-in-germany-1750-1900-9798765158265","title":"The Speaking Muse: Literary Declamation in Germany, 1750-1900","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Speaking Muse\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003echallenges the dominant narrative of the print's monopoly in German media studies, examining how oral reading practices such as literary declamation flourished alongside silent reading practices.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow did German readers experience the German literary canon in the 18th and 19th centuries - through silent reading or by ear? \u003ci\u003eThe Speaking Muse: Literary Declamation in Germany, 1750-1900\u003c\/i\u003e traces the impact of a forgotten culture of literary orality in the German-speaking world, from its early flourishing in the late 18th century to its popularization in the Wilhelmine era. In the wake of the \"reading revolution\" of the 18th century, oral reading practices proliferated alongside silent ones and became a central element in what Abigail Williams has called the \"social life of books\" for a diverse range of audiences and participants. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMary Helen Dupree shows how the culture of literary declamation, from recitation anthologies to declamatory concerts that combined music and spoken word, afforded new opportunities for interacting with literature for a variety of audiences, including women and marginalized \"others,\" while fostering innovations in publication, pedagogy, and performance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWorking at the intersection of literary history, performance studies, sound studies, and print history, \u003ci\u003eThe Speaking Muse\u003c\/i\u003e shows that the cultures of declamation and print in the 18th- and 19th-century German-speaking world were not strictly exclusionary, but were intertwined.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary Helen Dupree\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of German at Georgetown University, USA. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Mask and the Quill: Actress-Writers in Germany from Enlightenment to Romanticism\u003c\/i\u003e (2011) and co-editor (with Sean B. Franzel) of the volume\u003ci\u003e Performing Knowledge 1750-1850\u003c\/i\u003e (2015).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52103906853138,"sku":"9798765158265","price":120.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ad5d909d-ef64-4356-9337-1db325b0c787.jpg?v=1773160991","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-speaking-muse-literary-declamation-in-germany-1750-1900-9798765158265","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}