| #7096356 in Books | 2015-04-14 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.80 x1.10 x5.80l,.0 | File type: PDF | 390 pages||About the Author|Sylvia Mieszkowski teaches literature, cultural analysis and film at Berlin University. Her research (19th and 20th centuries) examines cultural expressions of collective anxieties and individual phantasms.
This book attempts to bridge the gap between sound studies and literary criticism. Primary objects of analysis are a ghost story by Vernon Lee, a 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. Each is discussed in relation to historically specific, (non-)literary cultural debates on sound. All four theory-enriched analyses focus on intersecting and desire-laden processe...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Resonant Alterities: Sound, Desire, and Anxiety in Non-Realist Fiction (Cultural and Media Studies) | Sylvia Mieszkowski. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.