Contemporary fictions of attention : reading distraction in the twenty-first century / Alice Bennett...
Contemporary fictions of attention : reading distraction in the twenty-first century / Alice Bennett...
Contemporary fictions of attention : reading distraction in the twenty-first century / Alice Bennett.
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Publisher
London, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2018.
Call Numbers
G 2019/2093
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
212 pages ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Fictions of attention -- 'Focus, people!' (David Foster Wallace) -- Present-mindedness (Joshua Cohen) -- The distraction of both (Ali Smith) -- Amputated attention (Tom McCarthy) -- Beginning to mind (Zadie Smith) -- Reading absorption (Ben Lerner).
Publication information
Publisher
London, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2018.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2018.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"With the supposed shortening of our collective attention spans, what future is there for long narrative fiction in the age of the internet? Contemporary Fictions of Attention maps out a shared interest in attention within 21st-century fiction and connects this interest to a series of debates surrounding ethics, work, the everyday, boredom and ente...
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Full title
Contemporary fictions of attention : reading distraction in the twenty-first century / Alice Bennett.
Portion of title
Reading distraction in the twenty-first century
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General note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-203) and index.
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©2018
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G 2019/2093
Record Identifier
74VKVBkXgQkA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVBkXgQkA
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ISBN
9781474282611 hardcover
147428261X hardcover
DDC
809.3051
MMS ID
991024241889002626
