Barry J. Faulk

Barry J. Faulk teaches Victorian literature and cultural studies as an assistant professor of English at Florida State University. He has published articles in Victorian Literature and Culture, Modernism/Modernity, and Victorians Institute Journal.

Music Hall and Modernity

The Late-Victorian Discovery of Popular Culture

The late-Victorian discovery of the music hall by English intellectuals marks a crucial moment in the history of popular culture. Music Hall and Modernity demonstrates how such pioneering cultural critics as Arthur Symons and Elizabeth Robins Pennell used the music hall to secure and promote their professional identity as guardians of taste and national welfare.…