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Habits of Distraction
Michael Wood
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Description for Habits of Distraction
Hardback. Starting with Walter Benjamin's idea of 'reception in a state of distraction' and looking briefly at some antecedents for Benjamin's thinking, this book develops a working model of distraction in interpretation. It includes examples that are taken from film (Benjamin's test case), literature, music, painting and photography. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC; JHBA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 152 x 229. Weight in Grams: 368.
Starting with Walter Benjamin's idea of 'reception in a state of distraction' and looking briefly at some antecedents for Benjamin's thinking, this book develops a working model of distraction in interpretation. Examples are taken from film (Benjamin's test case), literature, music, painting and photography; the book closes with a 'distracted' reading of a classic work of concentration: Milton's Paradise Lost.
Starting with Walter Benjamin's idea of 'reception in a state of distraction' and looking briefly at some antecedents for Benjamin's thinking, this book develops a working model of distraction in interpretation. Examples are taken from film (Benjamin's test case), literature, music, painting and photography; the book closes with a 'distracted' reading of a classic work of concentration: Milton's Paradise Lost.
Product Details
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Brighton, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845192495
SKU
V9781845192495
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99-50
About Michael Wood
Michael Wood is Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature at Princeton University. He writes regularly for the London Review of Books and the New York Review of Books, among other journals.
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