Audiobooks, Literature, and Sound Studies
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Introduction: Talking Books / Matthew Rubery -- The Three-minute Victorian Novel: Remediating Dickens Into Sound / Jason Camlot -- A Library On The Air: Literary Dramatization And Orson Welles's Mercury Theatre / James Jesson -- The Audiographic Impulse: Doing Literature With The Tape Recorder / Jesper Olsson -- Poetry By Phone And Phonograph: Tracing The Influence Of Giorno Poetry Systems / Michael S. Hennessey -- Soundtracking The Novel: Willy Vlautin's Northline As Filmic Audiobook / Justin St. Clair -- Novelist As Sound-thief: The Audiobooks Of John Le Carr / Garrett Stewart -- Hearing Hardy, Talking Tolstoy: The Audiobook Narrator's Voice And Reader Experience / Sara Knox -- Talking Books, Toni Morrison, And The Transformation Of Narrative Authority: Two Frameworks / K. C. Harrisson -- Obama's Voices: Performance And Politics On The Dreams From My Father Audiobook / Jeffrey Severs -- Bedtime Storytelling Revisited: Le Pere Castor And Children's Audiobooks / Brigitte Ouvry-vial -- Learning From Librivox / Michael Hancher -- A Preliminary Phenomenology Of The Audiobook / D. E. Wittkower. Edited By Matthew Rubery. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.
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THE THESIS
This collection investigates the intersection of literary studies and sound technology, questioning how the transition from print to audio alters the reception and authority of the written word. Editor Matthew Rubery compiles a series of scholarly essays that examine the historical and cultural evolution of the audiobook. By analyzing diverse media formats—from Victorian phonographs to contemporary digital recordings—the contributors argue that the act of listening to literature constitutes a distinct mode of engagement that challenges traditional reading practices.
THE SCOPE MAP
What You Will Find
- Historical analysis of early sound recording technologies and their impact on literary consumption.
- Case studies on specific authors and narrators, including Charles Dickens, Toni Morrison, and John Le Carré.
- Examination of institutional and political uses of audiobooks, such as LibriVox and presidential memoirs.
- Theoretical frameworks for understanding the phenomenology of the listening experience.
THE AUTHORITY PERSPECTIVE
Experts identify this volume as a foundational text for scholars interested in the burgeoning field of sound studies and media history. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose, which provides a rigorous examination of how auditory media reshapes the literary landscape.
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Publication Date:
2011-01-01
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis Group
ISBN-10:
0203818032
ISBN-13:
9780203818039
Literature And Technology
Communication
Sound Studies
Literary Criticism
Media Studies
Academic
Literature
Audiobooks
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