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Resonant Alterities Sound, Desire and Anxiety in Non-Realist Fiction Sylvia Mieszkowski
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mieszkowski, Sylvia <p>Sylvia Mieszkowski, Universität Wien, Österreich</p>, Author.
- Series:
- Cultural and media studies.
- Kultur- und Medientheorie
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Literature.
- Culture.
- Theory.
- Sound.
- Perception.
- Vernon Lee.
- Algernon Blackwood.
- J.G. Ballard.
- Don DeLillo.
- British Studies.
- American Studies.
- General Literature Studies.
- Literary Studies.
- Local Subjects:
- Literature.
- Culture.
- Theory.
- Sound.
- Perception.
- Vernon Lee.
- Algernon Blackwood.
- J.G. Ballard.
- Don DeLillo.
- British Studies.
- American Studies.
- General Literature Studies.
- Literary Studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (403 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Mieszkowski, Resonant Alterities Sound, Desire and Anxiety in Non-Realist Fiction
- Place of Publication:
- Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2014
- Language Note:
- English
- Biography/History:
- Sylvia Mieszkowski is visiting professor in English literature at Vienna University (Austria).
- Summary:
- »Resonant Alterities« bridges the gap between sound studies and literary criticism. A queer ghost story by Vernon Lee, an occultist novel of psychic adventure by Algernon Blackwood, a dystopian science fiction tale by J.G. Ballard and a post-traumatic short novel by Don DeLillo are its primary objects of analysis. Each is explored within the context of its contemporary cultural debates on sound. Meanwhile, all four theory-enriched readings focus on intersecting and desire-laden processes of meaning making, knowledge production and subject formation. Focal points are aurally/audio-visually structured phenomena expressive of both collective and individual anxieties.
- Besprochen in:The Chronicle, 01.05.2015
- Reviewed in:The Chronicle, 01.05.2015
- Contents:
- 1 Contents 5 Acknowledgements 7 Introduction 9 Haunted by Sound: Vernon Lee, "A Wicked Voice" 41 Sound is Power: Algernon Blackwood, The Human Chord 115 Noise, Silence and Oedipus: J.G. Ballard, "The Sound Sweep" 211 Air To Sounds, Sounds To Words: Don DeLillo, The Body Artist 301 Conclusion 365 Bibliography 369
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9783839422021
- 3839422027
- OCLC:
- 902420530
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