Hearing Things is a meditation on sound’s work in literature.
Drawing on critical works and the commentaries of many poets and
novelists who have paid close attention to the role of the ear in
writing and reading, Angela Leighton offers a reconsideration of
literature itself as an exercise in hearing. An established critic
and poet, Leighton explains how we listen to the printed word,
while showing how writers use the expressivity of sound on the
silent page. Although her focus is largely on poets—Alfred
Tennyson, W. B. Yeats, Robert Frost, Walter de la Mare, Wallace
Stevens, Elizabeth Bishop, Jorie Graham, and Alice
Oswald—Leighton’s scope includes novels, letters, and
philosophical writings as well. Her argument is grounded in the
specificity of the text under discussion, but one important message
emerges from the whole: literature by its very nature commands
listening, and listening is a form of understanding that has often
been overlooked. Hearing Things offers a renewed call for the kind
of criticism that, avoiding the programmatic or purely ideological,
remains alert to the work of sound in every literary text.
General
| Imprint: |
Harvard University Press
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| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
April 2018 |
| Authors: |
Angela Leighton
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| Dimensions: |
242 x 165 x 26mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
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| Pages: |
297 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-674-98349-6 |
| Categories: |
Books
Promotions
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| LSN: |
0-674-98349-1 |
| Barcode: |
9780674983496 |
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