LEADER 03435nam 22006731 450 001 9910816436903321 005 20180511082449.0 010 $a1-4742-8260-1 010 $a1-4742-8262-8 010 $a1-4742-8263-6 024 7 $a10.5040/9781474282604 035 $a(CKB)4100000005465570 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6164809 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6033703 035 $a(OCoLC)1090433744 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09262751 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6033703 035 $a(OCoLC)1139914635 035 $a(PPN)258031786 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000005465570 100 $a20180205d2019 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aContemporary fictions of attention $ereading and distraction in the twenty-first century /$fAlice Bennett 210 1$aLondon :$cBloomsbury Publishing,$d2019. 215 $a1 online resource (182 pages) 311 $a1-350-15084-3 311 $a1-4742-8261-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFictions 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). 330 $a"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. 517 3 $aReading and distraction in the 21st century 517 3 $aReading distraction in the twenty-first century 606 $aAmerican fiction$y21st century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAttention 606 $aBooks and reading$xPsychological aspects 606 $aDistraction (Psychology) 606 $aEnglish fiction$y21st century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aFiction$y21st century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aLiterature and technology 606 $2Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers 615 0$aAmerican fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAttention. 615 0$aBooks and reading$xPsychological aspects. 615 0$aDistraction (Psychology) 615 0$aEnglish fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aFiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aLiterature and technology. 676 $a809.3/051 700 $aBennett$b Alice$f1982-$01697503 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910816436903321 996 $aContemporary fictions of attention$94078261 997 $aUNINA