Hearing Things: The Work of Sound in Literature

by Angela Leighton

Book Overview

Hearing Things is a meditation on sound's work in literature. Drawing on critical works and the commentaries of many poets and novelists who have paid close attention to the role of the ear in writing and reading, Angela Leighton offers a reconsideration of literature itself as an exercise in hearing.

An established critic and poet, Leighton explains how we listen to the printed word, while showing how writers use the expressivity...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674983491
• ISBN13: 9780674983496
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.3"