Figures of the Imagination

Figures of the Imagination explores the connections between musical scenes in romance fiction and the domestic song literature, treating both types of source and their intersection as examples of material culture.

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Introduction: Music and Romance in the Early Nineteenth Century 1 'Raise the Song and Strike the Harp': Minstrelsy, Balladeering, and Romance Fiction, 1790-1830 2 'This Horrible Stave They Howl': The Supernatural in Fiction and Song, 1790-1830 3 'Angels Round thy Throne are Hymning': Christian Virtue in Fiction and Song, 1790-1830 4 'Her Voice is Hovering o'er my Soul': Siren Singers and Received Intersections in Fiction and Song, 1830-1850 Conclusion: Figures of the Imagination: the Intersection of Fiction and Song, 1790-1850