Popular Music and the Poetics of Self in Fiction - (Internationale Forschungen Zur Allgemeinen Und Vergleichende) (Hardcover)
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- Popular Music and the Poetics of Self in Fiction explores the various links between the self and popular music in contemporary fiction.
- About the Author: Norbert Bachleitner is Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Vienna, Austria.
- 354 Pages
- Literary Criticism, General
- Series Name: Internationale Forschungen Zur Allgemeinen Und Vergleichende
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The volume explores the various intersections and interconnections of the self and popular music in fiction; it examines questions of musical taste and identity construction across decades, spaces, social groups, and cultural contexts, covering a wide range of literary and musical genres.
Book Synopsis
Popular Music and the Poetics of Self in Fiction explores the various links between the self and popular music in contemporary fiction. In the novels discussed in this volume, musical references go far beyond creating a tapestry of sound, they make literary characters come alive by giving an account of the physiological and psychological effects of their musical experiences and of their ways of life in different (sub)cultural and social groups. With plots revolving around songs and albums, musicians and bands, and fans and scenes, the thematic focus on the self encompasses the relation of musical taste and identity construction, popular music's function as a medium of individual and collective memory, and its uses in everyday life across decades, spaces, and genres.
About the Author
Norbert Bachleitner is Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Vienna, Austria. His fields of interest include the reception of English and French literature in the German speaking area, literary translation and transfer studies, the social history of literature, censorship, literature in periodicals, intertextuality, and digital literature. His most recent book publication is Die literarische Zensur in Österreich von 1751 bis 1848 (2017).
Juliane Werner, Ph.D., is a member of the Department of Comparative Literature at the University of Vienna, Austria. Her teaching and research focuses on transcultural exchanges (Austria, France, USA), philosophical fiction, literature and psychiatry, word and music studies, and literary animal studies. She is the author of Thomas Bernhard und Jean-Paul Sartre (2016) and Existentialismus in Österreich. Kultureller Transfer und literarische Resonanz (2021).
Dimensions (Overall): 9.38 Inches (H) x 6.23 Inches (W) x .95 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.45 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 354
Genre: Literary Criticism
Sub-Genre: General
Series Title: Internationale Forschungen Zur Allgemeinen Und Vergleichende
Publisher: Brill
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Street Date: December 2, 2021
TCIN: 1008497007
UPC: 9789004500693
Item Number (DPCI): 247-18-6374
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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