The Habits of Distraction

By Michael Wood

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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.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1845192508

ISBN13:9781845192501

Release Date:July 2018

Publisher:Liverpool University Press

Length:192 Pages

Weight:1.85 lbs.

Dimensions:0.4" x 5.8" x 8.9"

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