The Phonographic Author of Milton, Edison and Uzanne

This paper maps the connection of Milton and Edison in the late Victorian imagination as examples of geniuses. I argue that their juxtaposition is rooted in the voice hearing etymology of the genius, but more importantly in the notion of what I call the phonographic author. Drawing on nineteenth-cen...

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Auteur principal:	Larisa Kocic-Zámbó
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Langue:	EN FR
Publié:	Presses Universitaires de la Méditerranée 2021
Sujets:	phonographic author secondary orality solitary genius Milton (John) Edison (Thomas) Uzanne (Octave) History of Great Britain DA1-995
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:80c1b4566e8a468384a8dc7fbfd3a2d62021-12-02T10:09:00ZThe Phonographic Author of Milton, Edison and Uzanne0220-56102271-614910.4000/cve.9713https://doaj.org/article/80c1b4566e8a468384a8dc7fbfd3a2d62021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journals.openedition.org/cve/9713https://doaj.org/toc/0220-5610https://doaj.org/toc/2271-6149This paper maps the connection of Milton and Edison in the late Victorian imagination as examples of geniuses. I argue that their juxtaposition is rooted in the voice hearing etymology of the genius, but more importantly in the notion of what I call the phonographic author. Drawing on nineteenth-century periodicals and books, I will be comparing Edison’s own vision of the phonograph in authoring books and the Victorian popular imagination elaboration on the same, especially in Uzanne’s short story ‘The End of Books’ (1894) while showing Milton’s own role in making such an idea of the phonographic author feasible.Larisa Kocic-ZámbóPresses Universitaires de la Méditerranéearticlephonographic authorsecondary oralitysolitary geniusMilton (John)Edison (Thomas)Uzanne (Octave)History of Great BritainDA1-995ENFRCahiers Victoriens et Edouardiens, Vol 94 (2021)
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description	This paper maps the connection of Milton and Edison in the late Victorian imagination as examples of geniuses. I argue that their juxtaposition is rooted in the voice hearing etymology of the genius, but more importantly in the notion of what I call the phonographic author. Drawing on nineteenth-century periodicals and books, I will be comparing Edison’s own vision of the phonograph in authoring books and the Victorian popular imagination elaboration on the same, especially in Uzanne’s short story ‘The End of Books’ (1894) while showing Milton’s own role in making such an idea of the phonographic author feasible.
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The Phonographic Author of Milton, Edison and Uzanne

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