Habits of Distraction

Habits of Distraction - Critical Inventions

Hardback (01 Jul 2018)

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Publisher's Synopsis

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.

Book information

ISBN: 9781845192495
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Imprint: Liverpool University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 801.95
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: ix, 114
Weight: 306g
Height: 157mm
Width: 234mm
Spine width: 14mm