This book will provide an exploration of the late-Victorian and early-Edwardian London soundscape, as represented in the works of contemporary writers, including Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford, Henry James and H.G. Wells. The study reveals how London began to 'sound modern' for writers in the earlier period, 1880-1918, and offers an original contribution to scholars and students of literary modernism and 'sound studies'.
This book will provide an exploration of the late-Victorian and early-Edwardian London soundscape, as represented in the works of contemporary writers...
