Sound and aural media in postmodern literature: novel listening
Auteur :
St. Clair, Justin
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9781032243009
Date de publication :
13 déc. 2021
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
285 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This study examines postmodern literature— including works by Kurt Vonnegut, William Gaddis, Don DeLillo, Philip K. Dick, Ishmael Reed, and Thomas Pynchon —arguing that one of the formal logics of postmodern fiction is heterophonia: a pluralism of sound. The postmodern novel not only bears earwitness to a crucial period in American aural history