Phyllis Weliver: 2 books
Women Musicians in Victorian Fiction, 1860-1900: Representations of Music, Science and Gender in the Leisured Home
Representations of Music, Science and Gender in the Leisured Home
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
This title was first publushed in 2000. Phyllis Weliver investigates representations of female musicians in British novels from 1860 to 1900 with regard to changing gender roles, musical practices and scientific discourses. During this time women were portrayed in complex and nuanced ways as they...
Mary Gladstone and the Victorian Salon
Music, Literature, Liberalism
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2017
The daughter of one of Britain's longest-serving Prime Ministers, Mary Gladstone was a notable musician, hostess of one of the most influential political salons in late-Victorian London, and probably the first female prime ministerial private secretary in Britain. Pivoting around Mary's initiatives,...