Kaleidophonic Modernity
Hot off the press! Professor Brehm's new book
Kaleidophonic Modernity
(Fordham UP, 2023) explores the development of mechanical sound recording technology in the nineteenth century by charting the orbits of writers, scientists, and artists in France and the United States. Working between comparative literature, the history of science, and urban studies, Prof. Brehm builds a bridge between studies of visual culture and histories of sound.
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