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Contemporary Fictions of Attention : Reading and Distraction in the Twenty-First Century.

Bennett, Alice.

Contemporary Fictions of Attention : Reading and Distraction in the Twenty-First Century. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (222 pages)

Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Fictions of Attention -- 2 'Focus, People!' (David Foster Wallace) -- 3 Present-Mindedness (Joshua Cohen) -- 4 The Distraction of Both (Ali Smith) -- 5 Amputated Attention (Tom McCarthy) -- 6 Beginning to Mind (Zadie Smith) -- 7 Reading Absorption (Ben Lerner) -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.

9781474282635


Fiction-21st century-History and criticism.
English fiction-21st century-History and criticism.
Books and reading-Psychological aspects.


Electronic books.

PN3504 .B466 2018

809.3051

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