Kaleidophonic Modernity: Transatlantic Sound, Technology, and Literature Brehm Brett
Kaleidophonic Modernity: Transatlantic Sound, Technology, and Literature Brehm Brett What stories remain hidden behind one of the most significant inventions of the nineteenth century? Working…
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Kaleidophonic Modernity: Transatlantic Sound, Technology, and Literature Brehm Brett
What stories remain hidden behind one of the most significant inventions of the nineteenth century? Working between comparative literature, the history of science, and urban studies, Brehm builds a bridge between visual culture and sound studies.Kaleidophonic Modernity places the poet and inventor Charles Cros and his lover, the celebrated concert pianist and salonnire Nina de Villard at the heart of modern aesthetic and scientific vanguards. Kaleidophonic Modernity reexamines the development of mechanical sound recording technology by charting the orbits of writers, scientists, and artists in France and the United States.
In his poetry the Surrealists found an ancestor and inspiration. Cros's scientific endeavors ranged from color photography, to telecommunications, to mechanical sound reproducibility. His literary and scientific works prove startling and relevant