03439nam 22006731 450 991079692590332120180511082449.01-4742-8260-11-4742-8262-81-4742-8263-610.5040/9781474282604(CKB)4100000005465570(MiAaPQ)EBC6164809(MiAaPQ)EBC6033703(OCoLC)1090433744(UtOrBLW)bpp09262751(Au-PeEL)EBL6033703(OCoLC)1139914635(PPN)258031786(EXLCZ)99410000000546557020180205d2019 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierContemporary fictions of attention reading and distraction in the twenty-first century /Alice BennettLondon :Bloomsbury Publishing,2019.1 online resource (182 pages)1-350-15084-3 1-4742-8261-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Fictions of attention -- 'Focus, people!' (David Foster Wallace) -- Present-mindedness (Joshua Cohen) -- The distraction of both (Ali Smith) -- Amputated attention (Tom McCarthy) -- Beginning to mind (Zadie Smith) -- Reading absorption (Ben Lerner)."With the supposed shortening of our attention spans, what future is there for fiction in the age of the internet? Contemporary Fictions of Attention rejects this discourse of distraction-crisis which suggests that the future of reading is in peril, and instead finds that contemporary writers construct 'fictions of attention' that find some value in states or moments of inattention. Through discussion of work by a diverse selection of writers, including Joshua Cohen, Ben Lerner, Tom McCarthy, Ali Smith, Zadie Smith, and David Foster Wallace, this book identifies how fiction prompts readers to become peripherally aware of their own attention. Contemporary Fictions of Attention locates a common interest in attention within 21st-century fiction and connects this interest to a series of debates surrounding ethics, temporality, the everyday, boredom, work, and self-discipline in contemporary culture."--Bloomsbury Publishing.Reading and distraction in the 21st centuryReading distraction in the twenty-first centuryAmerican fiction21st centuryHistory and criticismAttentionBooks and readingPsychological aspectsDistraction (Psychology)English fiction21st centuryHistory and criticismFiction21st centuryHistory and criticismLiterature and technologyLiterary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writersAmerican fictionHistory and criticism.Attention.Books and readingPsychological aspects.Distraction (Psychology)English fictionHistory and criticism.FictionHistory and criticism.Literature and technology.809.3/051Bennett Alice1982-1481434UtOrBLWUtOrBLWBOOK9910796925903321Contemporary fictions of attention3698377UNINA