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
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