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  1. Contemporary fictions of attention
    reading distraction in the twenty-first century
    Author: Bennett, Alice
    Published: 2018
    Publisher:  Bloomsbury Academic, London ; New York

    "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... more

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    Universitätsbibliothek der LMU München
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    "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 entertainment, as well as a broader context for the future of the book, fiction and reading itself in an increasingly digital culture. Alice Bennett examines work by writers including Joshua Cohen, Ben Lerner, Tom McCarthy, Ali Smith, Zadie Smith, and David Foster Wallace, and argues that they are all writing 'fictions of attention'"

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9781474282611; 9781350150843; 147428261X
    RVK Categories: HN 1071 ; HU 1520
    Subjects: Ablenkung; Aufmerksamkeit <Motiv>; Literatur; Roman; Englisch; Aufmerksamkeit; Leseverhalten
    Other subjects: 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; American fiction; Attention; Books and reading / Psychological aspects; Distraction (Psychology); English fiction; Fiction; Literature and technology; 2000-2099; Criticism, interpretation, etc
    Scope: vi, 212 Seiten
    Notes:

    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)
  2. Sacrifice and modern war literature
    the battle of Waterloo to the war on terror
    Contributor: Houen, Alex (Publisher); Schramm, Jan-Melissa (Publisher)
    Published: 2018
    Publisher:  Oxford University Press, Oxford

    This text explores how writers from the early 19th century to the present have addressed the intimacy of sacrifice and war. Each chapter presents fresh insights into the literature of a particular conflict. The range of literature examined... more

     

    This text explores how writers from the early 19th century to the present have addressed the intimacy of sacrifice and war. Each chapter presents fresh insights into the literature of a particular conflict. The range of literature examined complements the rich array of topics related to wartime sacrifice that the contributors discuss

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Contributor: Houen, Alex (Publisher); Schramm, Jan-Melissa (Publisher)
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780191844126
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    RVK Categories: HG 431 ; HG 435 ; HR 1708
    Edition: First edition
    Subjects: War stories / History and criticism; Sacrifice in literature; Fiction / 19th century / History and criticism; Fiction / 20th century / History and criticism; Fiction / 21st century / History and criticism; Opfer <Religion, Motiv>; Englisch; Kriegsliteratur
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    This edition previously issued in print: 2018

    Includes bibliographical references and index
  3. Contemporary fictions of attention
    reading distraction in the twenty-first century
    Author: Bennett, Alice
    Published: 2018
    Publisher:  Bloomsbury Academic, London ; New York

    Location:
    Universitätsbibliothek der LMU München
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  4. The wounded hero in contemporary fiction
    a paradoxical quest
    Contributor: Onega Jaén, Susana (Publisher); Ganteau, Jean-Michel (Publisher)
    Published: 2018; © 2018
    Publisher:  Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, New York

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Contributor: Onega Jaén, Susana (Publisher); Ganteau, Jean-Michel (Publisher)
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780429505843; 0429505841
    Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Literature
    Routledge studies in contemporary literature
    Subjects: Fiction / 20th century / History and criticism; Fiction / 21st century / History and criticism; Heroes in literature; Heroines in literature; Wounds and injuries in literature
    Scope: 1 online resource (vi, 288 pages.)
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    Description based on print version record
  5. Imagining neoliberal globalization in contemporary world fiction
    Author: Walonen, Michael K.
    Published: 2018
    Publisher:  Routledge, London

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781351120449; 1351120441; 9781351120456; 135112045X; 9781351120432; 1351120433; 9781351120463; 1351120468
    Series: Popular culture and world politics
    Popular culture and world politics
    Subjects: Globalization in literature; Transnationalism in literature; Fiction / 20th century / History and criticism; Fiction / 21st century / History and criticism
    Scope: 1 online resource (165 pages)
  6. Contemporary fictions of attention
    reading distraction in the twenty-first century
    Author: Bennett, Alice
    Published: 2018
    Publisher:  Bloomsbury Academic, London ; New York

    "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... more

    Location:
    Freie Universität Berlin, Universitätsbibliothek
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    Location:
    Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Universitätsbibliothek, Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum
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    "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 entertainment, as well as a broader context for the future of the book, fiction and reading itself in an increasingly digital culture. Alice Bennett examines work by writers including Joshua Cohen, Ben Lerner, Tom McCarthy, Ali Smith, Zadie Smith, and David Foster Wallace, and argues that they are all writing 'fictions of attention'"

     
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    Source: Philologische Bibliothek, FU Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9781474282611; 9781350150843; 147428261X
    RVK Categories: HN 1071 ; HU 1520
    Subjects: Ablenkung; Aufmerksamkeit <Motiv>; Literatur; Roman; Englisch; Aufmerksamkeit; Leseverhalten
    Other subjects: 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; American fiction; Attention; Books and reading / Psychological aspects; Distraction (Psychology); English fiction; Fiction; Literature and technology; 2000-2099; Criticism, interpretation, etc
    Scope: vi, 212 Seiten
    Notes:

    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)
  7. Contemporary fictions of attention
    reading distraction in the twenty-first century
    Author: Bennett, Alice
    Published: 2018
    Publisher:  Bloomsbury Academic, London ; New York

    Location:
    Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Universitätsbibliothek, Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum
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