Seminar "Sound and the Senses"

Society for Renaissance Studies Biennial Conference, Bristol, 2-5 July 2025: Seminar on "Sound and the Senses" In The Acoustic World of Early Modern England (1999), Bruce Smith illustrated the interconnectedness of sound and place through exploring the distinctive sound signatures of the early modern playhouse and other spaces, and how inhabiting such spaces connected to the embodied experiences of hearing, listening and voicing. Twenty-five years after its publication, Smith’s attention to ...