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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789425403321

Autore

Weiss Allen S. <1953->

Titolo

Breathless [[electronic resource] ] : sound recording, disembodiment, and the transformation of lyrical nostalgia / / Allen S. Weiss

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Middletown, Conn., : Wesleyan University Press, c2002

ISBN

1-283-12839-X

9786613128393

0-8195-7252-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (199 p.)

Disciplina

809/.933548

Soggetti

Death in literature

Literature, Modern - History and criticism

Sound recordings

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-173) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Purity of Essence; Chapter 2: Death's Murmur; Chapter 3: Erotic Nostalgia and the Inscription of Desire; Chapter 4: Narcissistic Machines and Erotic Prostheses; Chapter 5: Libidinous Mannerisms and Profligate Abominations; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Explores how early radio and sound recording influenced modernist literature.