{"product_id":"9781474282611","title":"Contemporary Fictions of Attention Reading and Distraction in the Twenty-First Century","description":"\u003ch1\u003eContemporary Fictions of Attention\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eReading and Distraction in the Twenty-First Century\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAlice Bennett\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Comparative Literature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eWith the supposed shortening of our attention spans, what future is there for fiction in the age of the internet?\u003ci\u003e Contemporary Fictions of Attention\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003ci\u003eContemporary Fictions of Attention\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAlice Bennett\u003c\/b\u003e is senior lecturer in English Literature at Liverpool Hope University, UK. She has published on contemporary fiction in \u003ci\u003eCritique\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eOxford Literary Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTextual Practice\u003c\/i\u003e and is the author of \u003ci\u003eAfterlife and Narrative in Contemporary Fiction \u003c\/i\u003e(2012).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e09 August 2018\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781474282611\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e224\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17.44\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51332538957964,"sku":"9781474282611","price":157.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_7cae1f2e-ed14-4f1e-b95b-96a085404250.jpg?v=1783603952","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781474282611","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}