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  1. Contemporary fictions of attention
    reading and distraction in the twenty-first century
    Published: 2019
    Publisher:  Bloomsbury Publishing, London

    "With the supposed shortening of our attention spans, what future is there for fiction in the age of the internet? Contemporary Fictions of Attention rejects this discourse of distraction-crisis which suggests that the future of reading is in peril,... more

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    "With the supposed shortening of our attention spans, what future is there for fiction in the age of the internet? Contemporary Fictions of Attention rejects this discourse of distraction-crisis which suggests that the future of reading is in peril, and instead finds that contemporary writers construct 'fictions of attention' that find some value in states or moments of inattention. Through discussion of work by a diverse selection of writers, including Joshua Cohen, Ben Lerner, Tom McCarthy, Ali Smith, Zadie Smith, and David Foster Wallace, this book identifies how fiction prompts readers to become peripherally aware of their own attention. Contemporary Fictions of Attention locates a common interest in attention within 21st-century fiction and connects this interest to a series of debates surrounding ethics, temporality, the everyday, boredom, work, and self-discipline in contemporary culture."--Bloomsbury Publishing 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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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781474282604; 9781474282628; 9781474282635
    Other identifier:
    RVK Categories: HN 1071
    Subjects: Distraction (Psychology); Attention; Books and reading; Literature and technology; English fiction; American fiction; Fiction; American fiction; Attention; Books and reading; Distraction (Psychology); English fiction; Fiction; Literature and technology; Criticism, interpretation, etc; 2000-2099
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (vi, 218 pages)
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references and index

  2. Contemporary fictions of attention
    reading and distraction in the twenty-first century
    Published: 2019
    Publisher:  Bloomsbury Publishing, London

    "With the supposed shortening of our attention spans, what future is there for fiction in the age of the internet? Contemporary Fictions of Attention rejects this discourse of distraction-crisis which suggests that the future of reading is in peril,... more

    Access:
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    Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Haus Unter den Linden
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    Universität Potsdam, Universitätsbibliothek
    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan

     

    "With the supposed shortening of our attention spans, what future is there for fiction in the age of the internet? Contemporary Fictions of Attention rejects this discourse of distraction-crisis which suggests that the future of reading is in peril, and instead finds that contemporary writers construct 'fictions of attention' that find some value in states or moments of inattention. Through discussion of work by a diverse selection of writers, including Joshua Cohen, Ben Lerner, Tom McCarthy, Ali Smith, Zadie Smith, and David Foster Wallace, this book identifies how fiction prompts readers to become peripherally aware of their own attention. Contemporary Fictions of Attention locates a common interest in attention within 21st-century fiction and connects this interest to a series of debates surrounding ethics, temporality, the everyday, boredom, work, and self-discipline in contemporary culture."--Bloomsbury Publishing 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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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781474282604; 9781474282628; 9781474282635
    Other identifier:
    RVK Categories: HN 1071
    Subjects: Distraction (Psychology); Attention; Books and reading; Literature and technology; English fiction; American fiction; Fiction; American fiction; Attention; Books and reading; Distraction (Psychology); English fiction; Fiction; Literature and technology; Criticism, interpretation, etc; 2000-2099
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (vi, 218 pages)
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references and index