Contemporary fictions of attention : reading and distraction in the twenty-first century /

"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 s...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Bennett, Alice, 1982- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2018.
Sujets:
2000-2099
Fiction > 21st century > History and criticism.
American fiction > 21st century > History and criticism.
English fiction > 21st century > History and criticism.
Distraction (Psychology)
Attention.
Books and reading > Psychological aspects.
Literature and technology.
Attention
Roman > 21e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Roman américain > 21e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Roman anglais > 21e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Livres et lecture > Aspect psychologique.
Littérature et technologie.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary
American fiction
Books and reading > Psychological aspects
English fiction
Fiction
Literature and technology
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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).

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