Felicia Miller Frank: 1 book
The Mechanical Song
Women, Voice, and the Artificial in Nineteenth-Century French Narrative
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1995
Examining the privileged relation of women to the singing voice in nineteenth-century literary works, the author argues for an emerging identification between women and artifice in the period. Beginning with texts by Rousseau and Proust that show a link between nostalgia for the maternal voice and...
