The Resource Distraction : problems of attention in eighteenth-century literature, Natalie M. Phillips
Distraction : problems of attention in eighteenth-century literature, Natalie M. Phillips
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- Summary
- Early novel reading typically conjures images of rapt readers in quiet rooms, but commentators at the time described reading as a fraught activity, one occurring amidst a distracting cacophony that included sloshing chamber pots and wailing street vendors. Auditory distractions were compounded by literary ones as falling paper costs led to an explosion of print material, forcing prose fiction to compete with a dizzying array of essays, poems, sermons, and histories. In Distraction, Natalie M. Phillips argues that prominent Enlightenment authors-from Jane Austen and William Godwin to Eliza Haywood and Samuel Johnson-were deeply engaged with debates about the wandering mind, even if they were not equally concerned about the problem of distractibility. Phillips explains that some novelists in the 1700s-viewing distraction as a dangerous wandering from singular attention that could lead to sin or even madness-attempted to reform diverted readers
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Distraction : problems of attention in eighteenth-century literature
- Title
- Distraction
- Title remainder
- problems of attention in eighteenth-century literature
- Statement of responsibility
- Natalie M. Phillips
- Subject
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- Cognition in literature
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Distraction (Psychology)
- Distraction (Psychology)
- English literature
- English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism
- Enlightenment
- Enlightenment -- Great Britain
- 1700 - 1799
- History
- Interest (Psychology)
- Interest (Psychology)
- Psychology and literature
- Psychology and literature -- History -- 18th century
- Great Britain
- Cognition in literature
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Early novel reading typically conjures images of rapt readers in quiet rooms, but commentators at the time described reading as a fraught activity, one occurring amidst a distracting cacophony that included sloshing chamber pots and wailing street vendors. Auditory distractions were compounded by literary ones as falling paper costs led to an explosion of print material, forcing prose fiction to compete with a dizzying array of essays, poems, sermons, and histories. In Distraction, Natalie M. Phillips argues that prominent Enlightenment authors-from Jane Austen and William Godwin to Eliza Haywood and Samuel Johnson-were deeply engaged with debates about the wandering mind, even if they were not equally concerned about the problem of distractibility. Phillips explains that some novelists in the 1700s-viewing distraction as a dangerous wandering from singular attention that could lead to sin or even madness-attempted to reform diverted readers
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Phillips, Natalie M
- Dewey number
- 820.9/353
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PR448.P75
- LC item number
- P47 2016
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- English literature
- Psychology and literature
- Distraction (Psychology)
- Cognition in literature
- Interest (Psychology)
- Enlightenment
- Cognition in literature
- Distraction (Psychology)
- English literature
- Enlightenment
- Interest (Psychology)
- Psychology and literature
- Great Britain
- Label
- Distraction : problems of attention in eighteenth-century literature, Natalie M. Phillips
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 926105949
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- x, 288 pages
- Isbn
- 9781421420127
- Lccn
- 2015035552
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)926105949
- Label
- Distraction : problems of attention in eighteenth-century literature, Natalie M. Phillips
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 926105949
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- x, 288 pages
- Isbn
- 9781421420127
- Lccn
- 2015035552
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)926105949
Subject
- Cognition in literature
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Distraction (Psychology)
- Distraction (Psychology)
- English literature
- English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism
- Enlightenment
- Enlightenment -- Great Britain
- 1700 - 1799
- History
- Interest (Psychology)
- Interest (Psychology)
- Psychology and literature
- Psychology and literature -- History -- 18th century
- Great Britain
- Cognition in literature
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