Faulk (English, Florida State U.) focuses on the critical response to the London musical hall of the late-Victorian era to examine the way discourse on music hall entertainment helped
consolidate the identity and tastes of an emergent professional class. Reviewing fiction and performance criticism contemporary with the music hall, Faulk argues that writers and critics
legitimatized that entertainment while allowing for negotiation of class, respect and empowerment. Faulk's work provides cogent insights on the concepts of the popular and on modernity.
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